From Bill Belzer
If you're interested in box turtle conservation, you can find useful info on our web site (http://www.ebtct.org). Once at the home page, to get started, click the RESEARCH link (right side of the menu bar) and then, near bottom of that page, click the link to: Field observations of North America’s eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina)
A good 2nd step might be to click the IMAGES link and view commentary with the turtle-movement map postings
The latest installment in our series on Box Turtle movement and habitat use has just been posted on line by Reptiles & Amphibians: Conservation and Natural History. It’s the second article at http://www.ircf.org/journal/volume-22-no-2-june/
As usual, it is worth waiting the several minutes that it takes for a download of their “print view” version, rather than using the faster “screen View” option provided by the web site. The print view version provides much better color and resolution for the images.
This third installment focuses on an unusual “serial” behavior displayed by some individuals. They adopt a very small home range, with high site fidelity. After occupying that site for an extended period of time, the individual moves away and settles into a new small home site … repeatedly.
It’s also interesting to notice that, each time, most of these individuals settle into a new habitat that is unlike its previous home.
Our next {4th} installment in the series will examine the various choices made for hibernation sites by all of those turtles that we have tracked for extended periods {over a decade}.
If you're interested in box turtle conservation, you can find useful info on our web site (http://www.ebtct.org). Once at the home page, to get started, click the RESEARCH link (right side of the menu bar) and then, near bottom of that page, click the link to: Field observations of North America’s eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina)
A good 2nd step might be to click the IMAGES link and view commentary with the turtle-movement map postings
The latest installment in our series on Box Turtle movement and habitat use has just been posted on line by Reptiles & Amphibians: Conservation and Natural History. It’s the second article at http://www.ircf.org/journal/volume-22-no-2-june/
As usual, it is worth waiting the several minutes that it takes for a download of their “print view” version, rather than using the faster “screen View” option provided by the web site. The print view version provides much better color and resolution for the images.
This third installment focuses on an unusual “serial” behavior displayed by some individuals. They adopt a very small home range, with high site fidelity. After occupying that site for an extended period of time, the individual moves away and settles into a new small home site … repeatedly.
It’s also interesting to notice that, each time, most of these individuals settle into a new habitat that is unlike its previous home.
Our next {4th} installment in the series will examine the various choices made for hibernation sites by all of those turtles that we have tracked for extended periods {over a decade}.
