Aquatic Habitat Use Relative to Home Range and Seasonal Movement of Eastern Box Turtles (Terrapene carolina carolina: Emydidae) in Eastern Tennessee

Donaldson, Bridget M; Echternacht, Arthur C.

doi:10.1670/0022-1511(2005)039[0278:ahurth]2.0.co;2

Cited by 49 publications

(39 citation statements)

References 12 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Therefore, high temperature of the ground surface in the daytime would be risky for turtles, in particular for long distance movement. It has been considered that freshwater turtles basically use aquatic environments except during basking (Gibbons 1970, Burke and Gibbons 1995, Cadi and Joly 2003, Donaldson and Echternacht 2005. However, our study revealed frequent use of terrestrial environments, especially in M. japonica.…”

Section: Hibernation Seasonmentioning

confidence: 56%

Radiotelemetric Study of Movement Patterns of Lotic Freshwater Turtles during Breeding and Hibernation Seasons

Haramura¹,

Yamane²,

Mori³

2010

Journal of Freshwater Ecology

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

We conducted a radio tracking study to assess movement patterns and microhabitat use of lotic turtles during their nesting and hibernation seasons. During the nesting season, female turtles moved from the sandbank along the river to the outer-embankment andor inner-embankment that includes rice fields. The maximum movement distance was over 2.5 km. Turtles frequently utilized terrestrial microhabitats for basking but also for other activities such as feeding and resting. Calm, deep aquatic sites near banks were used for hibernation. These results indicate that large areas that include different microhabitat type (both aquatic and terrestrial) are essential for freshwater turtles inhabiting river environments.

show abstract

Section: Hibernation Seasonmentioning

confidence: 56%

Radiotelemetric Study of Movement Patterns of Lotic Freshwater Turtles during Breeding and Hibernation Seasons

Haramura¹,

Yamane²,

Mori³

2010

Journal of Freshwater Ecology

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Reports of single cases and outbreaks in reptiles so far have mainly involved box turtles within North America (De Voe et al 2004 ;Allender et al 2006 ;Johnson et al 2008Johnson et al , 2010Ruder et al 2010 ;Allender 2012 ;Kimble et al 2014 ). While eastern box turtles are primarily terrestrial, they have been shown to spend a considerable amount of time in temporary ponds (Donaldson and Echternacht 2005 ), which may expose them to ranavirus through water or sympatric amphibians (Belzer and Seibert 2011 ;Currylow et al 2014 ). Some studies have indicated that increased ranaviral mortality in box turtles may correlate with increased exposure to infected sympatric amphibians, possibly via predation on infected amphibians, exposure to water containing ranavirus shed by amphibians, or via hematophagous insects (Belzer and Seibert 2011 ;Kimble et al 2014 ).…”

Section: Outbreaks In Cheloniansmentioning

confidence: 99%

Distribution and Host Range of Ranaviruses

et al. 2015

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…Thus, habitat temperature is an important resource for turtles in their thermoregulation. Terrestrial turtles and tortoises inhabiting in shady habitats thermoregulate by exploring the thermal gradient in the habitat, such as exposure to solar radiation in forest gap or forest edge (Donaldson and Echternacht, 2005;Luiselli, 2005). Most available information relevant to the thermal preference of C. flavomarginata is anecdotal or based on observation of captive individuals (Zhang, 1986;Huang, Zhao and Wang, 2007).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Thermal preference of the yellow-margined box turtle (Cuora flavomarginata) (Testudines: Geoemydidae) inhabiting a mesic lowland forest, northern Taiwan

Chen

Lue

2008

Amphib Reptilia

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Thermal preference of free-living yellow-margined box turtle, Cuora flavomarginata, was studied in a mesic forested habitat using a combination of radiotransmitters and temperature dataloggers attached to individual turtles. Patterns of mean weekly shell surface temperature variation of selected individuals were highly related to seasonal change of environmental temperature, with a peak temperature of 24.5-25.1 • C in males and 26.0-27.0 • C in females during June and July. Minimum shell surface temperature occurred in late January (4.5-7.6 • C). Despite a small sample size, there were significantly intersexual differences in mean weekly shell surface temperature during nesting season. Individual females of C. flavomarginata tended to maintain higher shell surface temperature during nesting season (May-July). This difference was mostly pronounced during the day. There were no obviously intersexual differences prior to and after nesting season. Our results do not support the previous predictions that gravid C. flavomarginata may select higher environmental temperatures prior to nesting season.

show abstract

Aquatic Habitat Use Relative to Home Range and Seasonal Movement of Eastern Box Turtles (Terrapene carolina carolina: Emydidae) in Eastern Tennessee

Cited by 49 publications

References 12 publications

Radiotelemetric Study of Movement Patterns of Lotic Freshwater Turtles during Breeding and Hibernation Seasons

Radiotelemetric Study of Movement Patterns of Lotic Freshwater Turtles during Breeding and Hibernation Seasons

Distribution and Host Range of Ranaviruses

Thermal preference of the yellow-margined box turtle (Cuora flavomarginata) (Testudines: Geoemydidae) inhabiting a mesic lowland forest, northern Taiwan

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About