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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Terrapene carolina"”.
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Examining the Effects of Penning on Juvenile Eastern Box Turtles (Terrapene carolina carolina)
Box turtle (Terrapene carolina) populations have been declining over the last several decades, and one major cause is increasing urbanization. As a result of habitat fragmentation, wildlife managers are frequently turning to new and alternative management strategies. Traditional box turtle …
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Home range and movement of the eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina) in East Central Illinois
… size, movement, habitat use, and nesting of Terrapene carolina. Minimum Convex Polygons (MCP) and Kernel Density Estimates at 95, 75, and 50% were used to measure home range size. Mean home range size was 7.4 ha (MCP) and 5.3 ha (95% Kernel). On average 76% of MCPs were overlapped by other …
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Pathogen surveillance and management strategies for confiscated and free-ranging eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina carolina)
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-10-19 without embargo terms
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The spatial ecology of the Eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) in a fragmented landscape in Southeast Tennessee, Hamilton County
… throughout the range of the Eastern Box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) has been altered significantly since the late 1880s by habitat fragmentation. In this study, the spatial ecology and seasonal movement patterns of the Eastern Box turtle in contrasting habitat types are investigated. …
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Digestion and Chelonochory in Two Sympatric Species of Box Turtles, Terrapene Carolina and Terrapene Ornata, on Pure Diets of Fruit
Terrapene carolina and T. ornata are sympatric in Missouri; however they tend to be habitat specific. There is also a disparity in their diets, with T. carolina tending to be slightly more herbivorous than T. ornata. Differences in diet and habitat may require different digestive physiologies in …
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Head-start Juvenile and Adult Resident Eastern Box Turtles (Terrapene carolina carolina): Winter Ecology Including Microhabitat Selection, Temperature Tolerance and Philopatry
<p>The Eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) is one of the most common reptiles in North America, but is soon to be threatened due to increased urbanization, disease, and the pet and food trades. In order to assist resource managers in choosing suitable sites for relocation studies, more …
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Spatial, Dietary, and Temporal Niche Parameters of Two Species of Box Turtle (Terrapene) in Microsympatry
Three-toed box turtles (Terrapene carolina) and ornate box turtles (Terrapene ornata) were collected from two sites where both species are found in microsympatry: Penn-Sylvania Prairie, Dade County, and Osage Prairie, Vernon County, Missouri. A total of 203 turtles were collected on both prairies …
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Investigating the epidemiology of Terrapene herpesvirus 1 in freeranging eastern box turtle populations
… segment of the DNA polymerase gene segment of Terrapene herpesvirus 1 (Order: Herpesvirales; Family: Herpesviridae; Subfamily: Alphaherpesvirinae; Genus: Scutavirus). This assay was used to estimate prevalence of herpesvirus infection in 409 free-ranging eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina …
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Landscape patterns and patch dynamics in Hamilton county over a forty year period: applicability to the conservation of the eastern box turtle
… generation times such as the eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) can persist in an urbanizing environment but have higher mortality than in forested habitat and show a response lag which delays detection of population decline. I quantify land use and land cover change over a forty …
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Characterizing the epidemiology of ranavirus in North American chelonians: diagnosis, surveillance, pathogenesis, and treatment
… ranavirus infections in 606 eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina carolina) from several different states. The overall prevalence of ranaviruses in this study population was 1.5% (95% confidence interval: 0.8 – 2.9%), with a non-significantly higher prevalence in juveniles (3.5%; 95% CI: 0.9 – …
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Modeling the health of free-living Illinois herptiles: an integrated approach incorporating environmental, physiologic, spatiotemporal, and pathogen factors
… concern in Illinois: the eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina), the ornate box turtle (Terrapene ornata ornata), and the silvery salamander (Ambystoma platineum) over the course of three years using a combination of physical examination, qPCR pathogen screening, and clinical …