High Conservation Value of an Urban Population of a State-Endangered Turtle
Although reports of urban populations of amphibians and reptiles are increasingly common, the viability of such populations and information on threats to their continued existence remain less well known.
Brian P. Durkin +4 more
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Comparison of Harvested and Nonharvested Painted Turtle Populations [PDF]
Painted turtles (Chrysemys picta) are commercially harvested in large numbers in Minnesota for sale to biological supply companies and the pet trade. We investigated the possible effects of this harvest by comparing size, demography, and catch rates of ...
Gamble, Tony, Simons, Andrew M.
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We present an ultraviolet extension of the Twin Higgs in which the radial mode of twin symmetry breaking is itself a pseudo-goldstone boson. This "turtle" structure raises the scale of new colored particles in exchange for additional states in the Higgs ...
Asadi, Pouya +2 more
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Phenological shift mitigates predicted impacts of climate change on sea turtle offspring
Many studies have documented the impacts of climate change on species and ecosystems, but few have shown how species may respond to mitigate these effects.
MJ Witt +8 more
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Symmetry-Breaking Stabilities in Carapace Curvature on Testudo (Reptilia, Testudinidae)
The aim of this research was to contribute to the study of the doming geometry of Testudo carapace as an unstable point of equilibrium when animals are overturned.
Pere M. Parés-Casanova +3 more
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Big and Fast: GPS Loggers Reveal Long-Range Movements in a Large, Riverine Turtle
Rio Grande Cooters (Pseudemys gorzugi) occupy the Rio Grande watershed and have among the smallest ranges of all North American freshwater turtles. Anthropogenic dewatering is considered to have caused range contractions and population declines.
Shashwat Sirsi +6 more
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Seroepidemiological studies of herpesvirus-associated diseases of marine turtles: Fibropapillomatosis and lung-eye-trachea disease [PDF]
We have developed immunological tests that can identify marine turtles in Florida (green and loggerhead) that have been exposed to the LETV herpesvirus.
Jacobson, Elliott, Klein, Paul A.
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Number of Pages: 6Integrative BiologyGeological ...
Ernst, Carl H., Stuart, James N.
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Hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) and Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Nesting and Beach Selection at Príncipe Island, West Africa [PDF]
Hawksbills (Eretmochelys imbricata) and green turtles (Chelonia mydas) are the predominant nesting sea turtle species on the beaches of Príncipe Island in the Gulf of Guinea.
Bolten, Alan B. +2 more
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First record of the epizoic red seaweed Polysiphonia carettia Hollenberg in the Mediterranean Sea. [PDF]
Primera cita del alga roja epizoica Polysiphonia carettia Hollenberg en el mar Mediterráneo Key words. Caretta caretta, epibionts, Mediterranean Sea, Polysiphonia carettia. Palabras claves.
Báez, José C. +4 more
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