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- Title
Eastern Box Turtle, Terrapene carolina, Neonate Overwintering Ecology on Long Island, New York.
- Authors
Burke, Russell L.; Capitano, William
- Abstract
We studied 11 nests, and the resulting neonates of Eastern Box turtles (Terrapene carolina)i n New York in 2001 and 2002, and documented neonate emergence and movements. None overwintered in the nest; instead, they emerged in the fall and overwintered buried shallowly close to the nest, where they were exposed to temperatures as low as --7°C. Further research is needed regarding neonate T. carolina behavior and the relative advantages of overwintering in the nest and overwintering terrestrially outside the nest.
- Subjects
LONG Island (N.Y.); NEW York (State); EASTERN box turtle; TURTLE reproduction; ANIMAL young; ANIMAL wintering; ANIMAL ecology; NESTS; EGG incubation
- Publication
Chelonian Conservation & Biology, 2011, Vol 10, Issue 2, p256
- ISSN
1071-8443
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2744/CCB-0855.1