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1 June 2015 The Ecology of the Wood Turtle (Glyptemys insculpta) in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia
Jessica Curtis, Peter Vila
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Abstract

Glyptemys insculpta (Wood Turtle) is listed as imperiled in West Virginia and designated as endangered under the IUCN Red List. We studied a population of Wood Turtles in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia from May 2010 to July 2011. We captured 25 turtles at 2 sites: 12 males, 9 females, 3 juveniles, and 1 hatchling. We fitted 10 adults with radio transmitters, 9 of which also received temperature-data loggers. Our 249 total observations include the 10 initial captures of the equipped turtles with 218 subsequent radio locations, and 15 unequipped turtles that were captured, and then recaptured 6 times. Morphometrics of Wood Turtles at the study location were similar to those reported for another West Virginia population. The home range for both males and females was approximately 6 ha; there were no significant intersexual differences. Turtles entered hibernacula in late October when temperatures were approximately 10 °C and remained inactive until mid-March when temperatures were approximately 5 °C. Our study provides a baseline assessment of the Wood Turtle in an unstudied upper-elevation Eastern Panhandle location.

Jessica Curtis and Peter Vila "The Ecology of the Wood Turtle (Glyptemys insculpta) in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia," Northeastern Naturalist 22(2), 387-402, (1 June 2015). https://doi.org/10.1656/045.022.0213
Published: 1 June 2015
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