Home is where the shell is: predicting turtle home range sizes

A Slavenko, Y Itescu, F Ihlow… - Journal of Animal …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Home range is the area traversed by an animal in its normal activities. The size of home
ranges is thought to be tightly linked to body size, through size effect on metabolic …

Detecting spatial community structure in movements

D Guo, H Jin, P Gao, X Zhu - International Journal of Geographical …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
This paper presents a new methodology and evaluation experiments on the detection of
spatial community structure in movements, which can reveal unknown spatial constructs and …

Decades of Road Mortality Cause Severe Decline in a Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina) Population from an Urbanized Wetland

ML Piczak, CE Markle… - … Biology: Celebrating 25 …, 2019 - meridian.allenpress.com
Road networks threaten biodiversity and particularly herpetofauna, including common
snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina), which have an especially slow life history that …

Morbidity and mortality of wild turtles at a North Carolina wildlife clinic: a 10-year retrospective

A Sack, E Butler, P Cowen, GA Lewbart - Journal of Zoo and Wildlife …, 2017 - BioOne
The medical records from 1,847 wild turtle patients seen between 2005 and 2014 by the
Turtle Rescue Team at the North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine …

Emydomyces testavorans Surveillance in Multiple Free-Ranging Terrestrial and Aquatic Chelonian Species in Illinois, USA

K Fredrickson, L Adamovicz, K Terio… - Journal of Wildlife …, 2024 - meridian.allenpress.com
The order Onygenales contains multiple fungal pathogens that affect free-ranging and zoo-
housed reptilian species. Emydomyces testavorans, an onygenalean fungus associated with …

Movement and habitat use of headstarted Blanding's turtles in Michigan

MD Starking‐Szymanski… - The Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Captive breeding or headstarting is a management option to increase population numbers
in threatened and endangered animals. The success of these programs depends on …

Assessing the Impacts of Urbanization on Sex Ratios of Painted Turtles (Chrysemys picta)

JP Vanek, GA Glowacki - Diversity, 2019 - mdpi.com
Turtles are particularly susceptible to the negative impacts of urbanization due to low
mobility and a life history strategy emphasizing long generation times and high adult …

My way is the highway: the role of plasticity in learning complex migration routes

AR Krochmal, TC Roth II, NT Simmons - Animal Behaviour, 2021 - Elsevier
For many species, learning is an important component in navigating complex landscapes
during migration. Although much progress has been made in recent years in understanding …

A preliminary assessment of habitat partitioning in a freshwater turtle community at an isolated preserve

WJB Anthonysamy, MJ Dreslik, D Mauger… - Copeia, 2014 - meridian.allenpress.com
Understanding species–habitat relationships is important for achieving effective habitat
management goals, but few studies have evaluated habitat use in co-occurring turtle …

First report on the non-native species, Western painted turtle (Chrysemys picta bellii), in the wild, Republic of Korea

IK Park, K Lee, JH Jeong, HB Lee… - Korean Journal of …, 2020 - koreascience.kr
Abstract On May 27, 2019, a non-native turtle was discovered at Ilsan Lake Park, Janghang-
dong, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang-si, Republic of Korea. The turtle was identified as a western …