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Explorers Turtle Talk With Sea Turtles: My Turtle Talk Workbook

, 2023
The Explorers Turtle Talk Workbook helps children learn about the five sea turtle species that have been recorded in Irish waters, their adaptations to survive, and the threats facing them. This book is full of photos, fun facts, and fun activities like a walking debate, up-cycling old t-shirts, and researching turtle species that have been created to ...
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Biomimetic robots driven by smart materials: Motion forms, stimulation methods and applications

Responsive Materials, EarlyView.
Biomimetic robots enhance adaptability by mimicking biological systems, but rigid materials limit performance. Smart materials with stimuli responsiveness and shape adaptability enable more flexible actuation and improved environmental interaction.
Zeyu Yang, Yehong Peng, Shibo Xue, Yujiang Zhuang, Xiang Gong, Guiwei Li, Lei Ren, Wenzheng Wu, Luquan Ren   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Tracking‐By‐Detection Framework to Automatically Count Rare and Elusive Megafauna in Aerial Video Surveys

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
Monitoring programs of vulnerable megafauna increasingly rely on aerial surveys from drones or planes fitted with cameras. However, automated methods are still lacking to accurately count individuals across entire surveys. Here, we leverage a tracking‐by‐detection framework to not only detect individuals but also link the resulting detections across ...
Laura Mannocci, Auguste Verdier, Louis Bézard, Valentine Fleuré, Gerard Subsol, Marc Chaumont, David Mouillot   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tourism as a Catalyst for Blue Carbon Restoration and Conservation: Pathways, Gaps, and Opportunities

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Tourism is a major driver of coastal economies worldwide, yet it is also a growing source of pressure on blue carbon ecosystems (BCEs) such as mangroves, seagrasses, and salt marshes. Nowadays, tourism‐led conservation/restoration is increasingly promoted under the banner of regenerative tourism, but how these projects are motivated ...
Ahalya Suresh, Enayat A. Moallemi, Melissa Wartman, A. Rifaee Rasheed, Phebe I. Rowland, Peter I. Macreadie   +5 more
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Environmental Contaminant Accumulation in Freshwater Turtles Inhabiting Three Rivers of the Permian Basin, New Mexico, USA

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Freshwater turtles are valuable sentinels of aquatic systems due to their long lifespans and resilience in environments impacted by contaminants. The Permian Basin, dominated by the oil and gas sector, spans western Texas and southeastern New Mexico, USA, including the Pecos River and its tributaries, the Delaware and Black Rivers.
Ana G. G. Sapp, W. Gregory Cope, Christopher E. Moorman, Frank X. Weber, Ivana Mali   +4 more
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Importance of woody patches and vegetation heterogeneity in Texas tortoise microhabitat use

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Microhabitat sites provide important resources and thermal conditions to reptile species that can vary spatially and temporally. This study assessed Texas tortoise Gopherus berlandieri microhabitat use and its relationship with carapace temperature during their active (April–October) and inactive seasons (November–March) between January 2023 and ...
Camryn M. Kiel, Danielle K. Walkup, Sandra Rideout‐Hanzak, Evan P. Tanner, Ashley M. Tanner, Andrea B. Montalvo, Toby J. Hibbitts   +6 more
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Shell Constraints on Evolutionary Body Size–Limb Size Allometry Can Explain Morphological Conservatism in the Turtle Body Plan

Ecology and Evolution
Turtles are a small clade of vertebrates despite having existed since the Late Triassic. Turtles have a conservative body plan relative to other amniotes, characterized by the presence of a shell and quadrupedality.
Guilherme Hermanson, Serjoscha W. Evers
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Turtles [PDF]

, 2013
This infosheet contains facts and information about turtles, as well as images of turtles native to Nova Scotia. _____________________________________________________________________Please note: This resource is presented as originally published.
(NSM), Nova Scotia Museum
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Movement and Space Use Patterns of the Beale's Eyed Turtle (Sacalia bealei) Suggest Sensitivity to Environmental Changes and Poaching 比氏眼斑龟 (Sacalia bealei) 的活动与空间利用模式揭示其对环境变化及盗猎的敏感性

Wildlife Letters, EarlyView.
Using radiotelemetry, we found that the movement and home range of the endangered Sacalia bealei varied significantly across reproductive classes and seasons, with males exhibiting greater movement than females during wet and mating seasons. The species exhibits strong aquatic dependence, favoring deep pools interspaced among riffle‐pool sequences ...
Wing Sing Chan, Jonathan J. Fong, Timothy C. Bonebrake, Yik‐Hei Sung   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Remotely enabling live traps for mesopredator capture: Potential benefits and use of time‐controlled trap access

Wildlife Society Bulletin, EarlyView.
A method is described for remotely controlling the interval of time available for live trap animal capture using a programmable door which controls animal access to a readied live trap within a housing structure. Based on management objectives or other considerations, utilities include the ability to eliminate repeat site visits in some contexts to set
Gregory A. Geller, Nathan W. Byer
wiley   +1 more source