Behavioral ecologists generally agree that animals derive benefits from familiarity with
spaces that they inhabit or visit, yet site familiarity is rudimentary or lacking in most models of …

Communal egg-laying is widespread among animals, occurring in insects, mollusks, fish,
amphibians, reptiles, and birds, just to name a few. While some benefits of communal egg …

Covering diverse species from garter snakes to Komodo dragons, this book delves into the
evolutionary origins and fascinating details of the mysterious social lives of reptiles. Reptiles …

It is well established that sea turtles return to natal rookeries to mate and lay their eggs, and
that individual females are faithful to particular nesting sites within the rookery. Less certain …

Nesting ecology and population studies indicate that diamondback terrapins (Malaclemys
terrapin) exhibit nest site fidelity and high habitat fidelity. However, genetic studies indicate …

Oviparous animals, such as turtles, lay eggs whose success or demise depends on
environmental conditions that influence offspring phenotype (morphology, physiology, and …

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 …

Background The conservation of aquatic and semiaquatic turtles requires knowledge of the
area and vegetation structure of habitat used for nesting, and nesting migration route. We …

Studies of reptiles have contributed greatly to understanding the impacts of developmental
environments on offspring phenotypes. A major challenge for these studies, however, is …

Animal movements and use of space are in part determined by interactions between
individual attributes such as sex and body size and extrinsic environmental factors such as …