Andrea Currylow

TL;DR: The order Testudines is, on average, more imperiled than all other larger orders (≥ 20 species) of Reptilia, Amphibia, Mammalia, or Aves, but has percentages of CR+EN and Threatened species and an ATL similar to those of Primates and Caudata (salamanders).

TL;DR: The results indicate that even in a relatively contiguous forested landscape with small-scale timber harvests, there are local effects on the thermal ecology of ectotherms that can benefit the conservation and management of temperature-dependent species by informing effects of timber management across landscapes amid changing climates.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors studied the hibernal microclimate of box turtles and associated habitat following timber harvests and found that in the average clearcut, turtles could burrow to approximately 20 cm to attain the average hibernation body temperature or to approximately 15 cm to reach a body temperature no different than those overwintering on colder, northeast-facing slopes in the forest.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors presented an assessment of annual survival for adult eastern box turtles that were radio-tracked over a period of 2 y. Using a known fates Kaplan-Meier estimator, the baseline annual survival estimate for adult box turtles in Indiana's south-central region is 96.2%.

TL;DR: It is suggested that ranaviruses persist sublethally in both larval amphibians and individual Box Turtles, allowing them to serve as reservoirs for this disease.