Thermoregulatory performance and habitat selection of the eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) | Zendy

Adam F. Parlin | Zendy; José Pedro Sousa do Amaral | Zendy; John Dougherty | Zendy; M. Henry H. Stevens | Zendy; Paul J. Schaeffer | Zendy

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Thermoregulatory performance and habitat selection of the eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina)

Author(s) -

Adam F. Parlin,

José Pedro Sousa do Amaral,

John Dougherty,

M. Henry H. Stevens,

Paul J. Schaeffer

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

conservation physiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.942

H-Index - 37

ISSN - 2051-1434

DOI - 10.1093/conphys/cox070

Subject(s) - ectotherm , habitat , biology , ecology , turtle (robot) , chelydra , foraging , deciduous

Conservation requires knowledge of the interaction between an organism and its environment. Thermal conditions have an important role in habitat selection, movement, and maintenance of physiological processes for ectotherms. We found that box turtles chose cooler temperatures than expected and allowed their body temperatures to match the environment, but that this had little effect on their movement.

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