It has been asserted that introduced red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) destroy∼ 95% of nests of
freshwater turtles in south-eastern Australia, are more efficient predators of freshwater turtle …

Turtle biologists have long been interested in the biotic and abiotic factors that influence the
detection of freshwater turtle nests by mammalian predators. Increased knowledge of nest …

Conditions experienced early in life can influence phenotypes in ecologically important
ways, as exemplified by organisms with environmental sex determination. For organisms …

Robert A. McCleery is an Assistant Professor in the department of Wildlife Ecology and
Conservation Biology at the University of Florida. His research focuses understand how …

Habitat loss is the leading cause of species extinctions and is especially detrimental to
habitat specialists. Freshwater turtles require specific habitat types at different points in their …

Context A main goal of conservation is to mitigate anthropogenic impacts on natural
ecosystems, thus conservation tools themselves should not negatively affect target species …

Nest predation is considered to be one of the most significant biotic threats to marine turtle
populations globally. The introduction of feral predators to nesting beaches has dramatically …

Previous studies have found that turtle nest depredation is concentrated immediately post-
oviposition, likely because cues alerting predators to nest presence are most obvious during …

Turtles are killed on roads, yet there is little evidence of negative road effects on their
abundances. We hypothesized that this could be due to reduced predation of turtle nests …

Predation on eggs is an important source of mortality for many long-lived organisms, but
causes of egg mortality from specific predators remain poorly known in most cases …