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1. A Severe Ranavirus Outbreak in Captive, Wild-Caught Box Turtles

Author:
Steven J. A. Kimble; April J. Johnson; Rod N. Williams; Jason T. Hoverman
Source:
EcoHealth 2017 v.14 no.4 pp. 810-815
ISSN:
1612-9202
Subject:
Ranavirus; Terrapene; adaptive immunity; captive animals; clinical examination; mortality; nose; quantitative polymerase chain reaction
Abstract:
... A Ranavirus outbreak in a captive population of wild-caught individuals was monitored using clinical evaluations and real-time PCR in 317 wild box turtles held in captivity during translocation. During the 2-year study period, the population experienced 71.6% mortality, suggesting that ranaviruses can rapidly attenuate populations. Wide variation in infection rate (7–94% per sampling period) was o ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10393-017-1263-8

2. Diet of Two Endangered Box Turtles (Cuora spp.) on Hainan Island, China

Author:
Fanrong Xiao; Jichao Wang; Zaizhong Long; Haitao Shi
Source:
Chelonian conservation and biology 2017 v.16 no.2 pp. 236-238
ISSN:
1943-3956
Subject:
Cuora; Lepidoptera; Terrapene; diet; earthworms; fungi; insects; larvae; omnivores; plants (botany); snails; sympatry; turtles; China
Abstract:
... The present study is the first to report the diet of 2 sympatric turtle species, Cuora mouhotii and Cuora galbinifrons. In Diaoluoshan Natural Reserve in Hainan Province, China, both species were observed to have an omnivorous diet; however, the composition of the diets was different between the species. The diet of C. mouhotii consisted of fungi, plants, earthworms, land snails, and insects, wher ...
DOI:
10.2744/CCB-1246.1

3. Ecomorphological correlates of microhabitat selection in two sympatric Asian Box Turtle species (Geoemydidae: Cuora)

Author:
Fanrong Xiao; Jichao Wang; Haitao Shi; Zaizhong Long; Liu Lin; Wei Wang
Source:
Canadian journal of zoology 2017 v.95 no.10 pp. 753-758
ISSN:
1480-3283
Subject:
Cuora; Terrapene; bamboos; interspecific competition; leaves; microhabitats; rain forests; sympatry; China
Abstract:
... Closely related species that co-occur in homogeneous environments often possess differing morphologies, which can result in niche divergence that minimizes interspecific competition. In the present study, we examined the relationship between ecomorphological characteristics and microhabitat selection of two Asian box turtle species, the Keeled Box Turtle (Cuora mouhotii (Gray, 1862)) and the Indoc ...
DOI:
10.1139/cjz-2016-0218

4. Thermal consequences of subterranean nesting behavior in a prairie-dwelling turtle, the Ornate Box Turtle (Terrapeneornata)

Author:
Charles R. Tucker; Jeramie T. Strickland; David K. Delaney; Day B. Ligon
Source:
Canadian journal of zoology 2017 v.95 no.2 pp. 123-131
ISSN:
1480-3283
Subject:
Terrapene; body length; eggs; females; mortality; nesting; oviposition; phenotype; predation; risk; temperature; turtles; Illinois
Abstract:
... Many oviparous reptiles deposit eggs in excavated nest chambers, and the location and depth at which eggs are laid can affect predation risk, incubation duration, mortality rates, and hatchling phenotype. Among turtles, nest depth also influences incubation conditions of some large-bodied species, but nest depth is generally expected to vary less among small-bodied species. We monitored nesting be ...
DOI:
10.1139/cjz-2016-0143

5. Thermal environment and microhabitat of ornate box turtle hibernacula

Author:
Joseph R. Milanovich; Brock P. Struecker; Stanislaw A. Warcholek; Leigh Anne Harden
Source:
Wildlife biology 2017 v.2017 no.4 pp. wlb.00295
ISSN:
0909-6396
Subject:
Terrapene; clay; hibernation; land use; microhabitats; microprocessors; overwintering; phenology; plant litter; radio telemetry; sand; silt; temperature; turtles; wildlife
Abstract:
... Box turtle populations are under significant threat from historic and current alterations of land-use where remaining populations often occur in remnant patches of suitable habitat surrounded by a heterogeneous mixture of anthropogenically altered, unsuitable habitat. Ornate box turtles Terrapene ornata are a prairie-dependent species, are considered Near Threatened by the International Union for ...
DOI:
10.2981/wlb.00295