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Long‐term demographic fluctuations of the spur‐thighed tortoise Testudo graeca in SW Spain

Ecography, 2001
We assessed the dynamics of a population of spur‐thighed tortoises, Testudo graeca. placed under long‐term protection from human interference. We estimated demographic parameters and constructed vertical life tables based on age structures for two different study periods separated by a 12‐yr ...
Paniagua, Carmen Díaz, Keller, Claudia, Andreu, Ana   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Detection of Testudinid alphaherpesvirus, Chlamydia spp., Mycoplasma spp., and Salmonella spp. in free‑ranging and rescued Italian Testudo hermanni hermanni [PDF]

, 2022
Testudo hermanni is included as near‑threatened in the Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, while T. hermanni hermanni is considered endangered in the Italian Red List.
Corti, Claudia, Del Rossi, Emilia, Deli, Gianluca, Marenzoni, Maria Luisa, Olivieri, Oliviero, Origgi, Francesco Carlo, Scuota, Stefania, Stefanetti, Valentina, Trabalza Marinucci, Massimo, Zicavo, Alessia   +9 more
core   +5 more sources

Educação Ambiental e para o desenvolvimento sustentável no marco da década das Nações Unidas: um caso de reorientação curricular ao nível de pós-graduação na Universidade Federal de Tocantins [PDF]

, 2008
[Resumo] No presente manuscrito investígase a dimensión social da conservación de especies a través do estuestión e intervención social para a conservación da tartaruga moura no sueste ibérico e a xestión da poboación cativa de tartaruga moura.[Abstract]
Freitas, Mário
core   +1 more source

The escape behaviour of wild Greek tortoises Testudo graeca with and emphasis on geometrical shape discrimination [PDF]

, 2014
Geometrical shape discrimination has been shown to play an important role in the spatial orientation of a wide variety of mammals and birds, while the study of this ability in particular and of cognitive processes in general has been rather neglected in ...
Beaumont, Ellen S., Glavaschi, Alexandra
core   +1 more source

New Locality Records of Testudo graeca (L., 1758) in the Eastern Black Sea Region of Türkiye

Turkish Journal of Bioscience and Collections
Objective: The literature does not clearly specify the locations inhabited by the spurthighed tortoise (Testudo graeca) from the eastern Black Sea coast of Türkiye. This study thus aimes to reveal new locality records for T.
Ufuk Bülbül, Bilal Kutrup, Batuhan Kansız   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Age estimation in tortoises: an evaluation of methods for the spur-thighed tortoise (Testudo graeca)

Amphibia-Reptilia
Abstract Age and growth-related parameters provide a better understanding of life-history adaptations and trade-offs and can be studied in the wild through capture-mark-recapture (CMR) or sclerochronology (i.e., skeletochronology and counting growth marks on hard structures).
Sabina E. Vlad, Florina Stănescu, Dan Cogălniceanu   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Bimodal nesting season in Karoo dwarf tortoises (Chersobius boulengeri)

Wildlife Biology, Volume 2025, Issue 4, July 2025.
Tortoises in arid, unpredictable regions may use a bet‐hedging strategy of regularly laying small clutches regardless of actual environmental conditions, so that some hatchlings will emerge when conditions are favourable. Karoo dwarf tortoises (Chersobius boulengeri) are endangered in their arid, unpredictable range in South Africa, yet studies of ...
Victor J. T. Loehr
wiley   +1 more source

Epithelial barrier dysfunction and associated diseases in companion animals: Differences and similarities between humans and animals and research needs

Allergy, Volume 79, Issue 12, Page 3238-3268, December 2024.
Abstract Since the 1960s, more than 350,000 new chemicals have been introduced into the lives of humans and domestic animals. Many of them have become part of modern life and some are affecting nature as pollutants. Yet, our comprehension of their potential health risks for both humans and animals remains partial.
Sena Ardicli, Ozge Ardicli, Duygu Yazici, Yagiz Pat, Huseyn Babayev, Peng Xiong, Can Zeyneloglu, Asuncion Garcia‐Sanchez, Li‐Li Shi, Oliva Giannelli Viscardi, Stephen Skolnick, Ismail Ogulur, Raja Dhir, Marek Jutel, Ioana Agache, Jozef Janda, Isabella Pali‐Schöll, Kari C. Nadeau, Mubeccel Akdis, Cezmi A. Akdis   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social research into the phenomenon of the captivity of the Greek or Spur-thighed Tortoise in the Southeast of the Iberian Peninsula [PDF]

, 2007
[Resumo] No presente manuscrito investígase a dimensión social da conservación de especies a través do estudo do fenómeno da catividade da tartaruga moura (Testudo graeca) no sueste ibérico.
Giménez Casalduero, Andrés, Pedreño Cánovas, Andrés, Pérez Ibarra, Irene   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Salmonella in free-living exotic and native turtles and in pet exotic turtles from SW Spain [PDF]

, 2013
We screened 78 native and 94 exotic turtles from natural ponds and 39 exotic pet turtles for presence of Salmonella, resulting with infection rates of 6.61%, 6.4%, and 5.1%, respectively. Concurrent shedding of multiple serotypes of the bacteria was only
de frutos-Escobar, C., Díaz-Paniagua, Carmen, Herrero-Herrero, A., Hidalgo-Vila, J., Pérez-Santigosa, N.   +4 more
core   +2 more sources