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Recent Articles

2000 - 2008

Arvisais, M., J.-C. Bourgeois, D. Masse, C. Daigle, J. Jutras, S. Paradis, R. Bider, and E. Lévesque. 2001. Ecologie d'une population de tortue des bois (Clemmys insculpta) en Mauricie. Le Naturaliste Canadien 125: 23-28.

Arvisais, M., J.-C. Bourgeois, E. Lévesque, C. Daigle, D. Masse, and J. Jutras. 2002. Home range and movements of a wood turtle (Clemmys
insculpta) population at the northern limit of its range. Canadian Journal of Zoology 80: 402-408.

Arvisais, M.,E. Lévesque, J.-C. Bourgeois, C. Daigle, D. Masse, and J. Jutras. 2004. Habitat selection by the wood turtle (Clemmys insculpta) at the northern limit of its range. Canadian Journal of Zoology 82: 391-398.

Behler, J. L. and C. M. Castellano. 2005. Glyptemys insculpta (North American Wood Turtle). Terrestrial movement. Herpetological Review 36: 311.

Behler, J. L. and C. M. Castellano. 2005. Glyptemys insculpta (North American Wood Turtle). Nest invading plants. Herpetological Review 36: 311.

Bour, R. 2003. Previously unrecognized original type specimens of American turtles collected by John Le Conte in 1828. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 4: 537-547.

Buech, R. R., M. D. Nelson, L. G. Hanson, and M. A. Ewert. 2004. Clemmys insculpta (Wood Turtle). Hatching Failure. Herpetological Review 35: 54.

Cabanac, M. and C. Bernieri. 2000. Behavioural rise in body temperature and tachycardia by handling of a turtle (Clemmys insculpta). Behavioural Processes 49: 61-68.

Carroll, D.M., and G.R. Ultsch. 2006. Glyptemys insculpta (Wood Turtle). Predation. Herpetological Review 37: 215-216.

Castellano, C. M. and J. L. Behler. 2003. Glyptemys insculpta (North American Wood Turtle). Diet. Herpetological Review 34: 362.

Castellano, C. M. and J. L. Behler. 2005. Glyptemys insculpta (North American Wood Turtle). Atypical scutes and anophthalmia. Herpetological Review 36: 311-312.

Compton, B. W., J. M. Rhymer, and M. McCollouh. 2002. Habitat selection by wood turtles (Clemmys insculpta): An application of paired logistic regression. Ecology 83: 833-843.

Cowin, S., and J. Cebek. 2006. Feasibility of using plastron markings in young wood turtles (Glyptemys insculpta) as a technique for identifying individuals. Herpetological Review 37: 305-307.

Crother, B. I., J. Boundy, J. A. Campbell, K. De Quieroz, D. Frost, D. M. Green, R. Highton, J. B. Iverson, R. W. McDiarmid, P. E. Meylan, T. W. Reeder, M. E. Seidel, J. W. Sites, Jr., S. G. Tilley, and D. B. Wake. 2003. Scientific and standard english names of amphibians and reptiles of North America north of Mexico: Update. Herpetological Review 34: 196-203.

Daigle, C. and J. Jutras. 2005. Quantitative evidence of decline in a southern Québec wood turtle (Glyptemys insculpta) population. Journal of Herpetology 39, 130-132.

Desroches, J.-F. and I. Picard. 2005. Turtle mortality on Outaouais roads. Le Naturaliste Canadien 129: 35-41. [French]

Ernst, C. H. 2001. Some ecological parameters of the wood turtle, Clemmys insculpta, in southeastern Pennsylvania. Chelonian Conservation & Biology 4: 94-99.

Ernst, C. H. 2001. An overview of the North American turtle genus Clemmys Ritgen, 1828. Chelonian Conservation & Biology 4: 211-216.

Feldman, C. R. and J. F. Parham. 2002. Molecular phylogenetics of Emydine turtles: Taxonomic revision and the evolution of shell kinesis. Molecular phylogenetics and Evolution 22: 388-398.

Gräf, A., J. Gilhen and J. D. Adams. 2003. The wood turtle at River Denys: a second population for Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Canadian Field-Naturalist 117: 415-418.

Greaves, W. F., and J. D. Litzgus. 2007. Overwintering ecology of wood
turtles (Glyptemys insculpta) at the species' northern range limit. Journal of Herpetology 41: 31-39.

Holman, J. A. and U. Fritz. 2001. A new emydine species from the Middle Miocene (Barstovian) of Nebraska, USA with a new generic arrangement for the species of Clemmys sensu McDowell (1964) (Reptilia: Testudines: Emydidae). Zoologishe Abhandlungen 51: 331-353.

Levell, J. P. 2000. Commercial exploitation of Blanding's turtle, Emydoidea blandingii, and the wood turtle, Clemmys insculpta, for the live animal trade. Chelonian Conservation & Biology 3: 665-674.

MacNeill, A. L., E. W. Uhl, H. Kolenda-Roberts, and E. Jacobson. 2002. Mortality in a wood turtle (Clemmys insculpta) collection. Veterinary Clinical Pathology 31: 133-136.

Moriarty, J. J. 2006. Glyptemys insculpta (Wood Turtle). Generational Twinning. Herpetological Review 37: 456.

Parham, J. F. and C. R. Feldman. 2002. Generic revisions of Emydine turtles. Turtle and Tortoise Newsletter 6: 28-30.

Parren, S. G. and M. A. Rice. 2004. Terrestrial overwintering of hatchling turtles in Vermont nests. Northeastern Naturalist 11: 229-233.

Saumure, R. A., T.B. Herman, and R.D. Titman. 2007. Effects of haying and agricultural practices on a declining species: The North American wood turtle, Glyptemys insculpta. Biological Conservation 135: 581-591

Tamplin, J. 2006. Response of hatchling turtles (Glyptemys insculpta) to an aquatic thermal gradient. Journal of Thermal Biology 31: 400-405.

Tamplin, J. W. 2006. Glyptemys insculpta (Wood Turtle). Diet. Herpetological Review 37: 456-457.

Tessier, N. and F.-J. Lapointe. 2003. Comparative efficiency of different sampling techniques to obtain DNA from freshwater turtles. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 4: 710-712.

Tessier, N., S. R. Paquette and F.-J. Lapointe. 2005. Conservation genetics of the wood turtle (Glyptemys insculpta) in Quebec, Canada. Canadian Journal of Zoology 83: 765-772.

Tuttle, S. E. and D. M. Carroll. 2003. Home range and seasonal movements of the wood turtle (Glyptemys insculpta) in southern New Hampshire. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 4: 656-663.

Tuttle, S. E. and D. M. Carroll. 2005. Glyptemys insculpta (Wood Turtle). Juvenile movement and home range. Herpetological Review 36: 166-167.

Tuttle, S. E. and D. M. Carroll. 2005. Movements and behavior of hatchling wood turtles (Glyptemys insculpta). Northeastern Naturalist 12: 331-348.

Walde, A. D., J. R. Bider, C. Daigle, D. Masse, J.-C. Bourgeois, J. Jutras and R. D. Titman. 2003. Ecological aspects of a wood turtle, Glyptemys insculpta, population at the northern limit of its range in Québec. Canadian Field-Naturalist 117: 377-388. [.pdf]

Walde, A.D., J.R. Bider, D. Masse, R.A. Saumure, and R.D. Titman. 2007. Nesting ecology and hatching success of the Wood Turtle, Glyptemys insculpta, in Québec. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 2: 49-60. [.pdf]

Last updated: December 30th, 2007