Northeastern Naturalist Volume 31, Special Issue 12, 2024

Biology and Conservation of Emydine Turtles

Issue-in-Progress (articles will be added as they become ready)

Contents. Click on the hotlinked titles to view open-access first pages with abstracts.

Front cover
Inside front cover
Board of Editors/indicia page
General Acknowledgments
Introduction
RESEARCH ARTICLES
*Clemmys*
*Ghosts of the Swamp: Challenges Associated with Surveying for Spotted Turtles (Clemmys guttata) in the Southeastern United States* Houston C. Chandler, Benjamin S. Stegenga, Zachary A. Cava, Andrea Colton, Michael T. Holden, David Hutto Jr., Trina M. Wantman, and Jonathan D. Mays	C1
Space-Use Patterns of Spotted Turtles Occupying Two Wetland Types in West Virginia Kevin J. Oxenrider and Donald J. Brown	C17

Emys Clade
Severe Wildfire Affects the Thermal and Moisture Regimes of At-risk Turtle Nesting Habitat Chantel E. Markle, Kyra L. Simone, Sophie L. Wilkinson, Hope C.A. Freeman, Sarah Wiebe, Emma Sherwood, and James M. Waddington	E1
Recovery of a Blanding’s Turtle Population Through Nest Protection and Headstarting Cara L. McElroy, Bryan Windmiller, John Berkholtz, Emilie R. Wilder, James F. Welch, Kevin T. Shoemaker, and Matthew D. Kamm	E25
Schools as Conservation Partners: Lessons Learned from over a Decade of Headstarting Turtles Emilie R. Wilder, Cara L. McElroy, Matthew D. Kamm, John Berkholtz, and Bryan Windmiller	E43
*Sexual Dichromatism of Tomia in Blanding’s Turtles (Emydoidea blandingii) in Central Ontario* Kelsey Moxley, Scott Gillingwater, and Madelaine Kellett	E59
Post-release Survivorship in a New Population of Blanding’s Turtles Established Using Headstarted and Directly Released Turtles Jared M. Green, Stephanie L. Koch, Kurt A. Buhlmann, Brian A. Bastarache, Kourtnie A. Bouley, Brian O. Butler, Richard B. Chandler, and Tracey D. Tuberville	E68

*Glyptemys*
*Water Depth Used by Wood Turtles (Glyptemys insculpta) in Iowa During Seasonal Activity Periods* Jeff Tamplin, Jessica Haugen, Tyler Anderson, Samuel Berg, Jordan Burtch, Alexandra Hayes, and Gavin Hobbs	G1
*Hepatic Neoplasia in Two Bog Turtles (Glyptemys muhlenbergii) from the Same Massachusetts Fen* Kenneth J. Conley, Michael T. Jones, Esther Crouch, Susan L. Bartlett, Angela Sirois-Pitel, Denise McAloose, and Maureen Murray	G18
*Baseline Abundances and Population Demographics at Wood Turtle (Glyptemys insculpta) Monitoring Sites in Wisconsin* Andrew F. Badje, Donald J. Brown, Jena M. Staggs, Lena V. Carlson, and Carly N. Lapin	G28
*Increased Mortality in Wood Turtles (Glyptemys insculpta) During Drought Years* Matthew D. Kamm, Cara L. McElroy, Bryan Windmiller, Emilie R. Wilder, James F. Welch, and Julie Lisk	G47
*Occurrence of the Fragile Ancylid (Ferrissia californica) on the Shells of Wood Turtles (Glyptemys insculpta) in a South-central Pennsylvania Stream* Andrew S. Weber, Danielle D’Amato, Stephen J. Enders, Miranda L. McCleaf, Christopher B. Bortz, Jessica T. Weber, Ellie Campbell, Lyndsi Gilbert, and Arthur E. Bogan	G57
*Home Range and Movement Patterns in a Maine Population of Wood Turtles (Glyptemys insculpta)* Matthew W.H. Chatfield, Gregory LeClair, Kathleen Dunckel, and Cheryl A. Frederick	G63

*Terrapene*
*Kyphosis in the Spotted Box Turtle (Terrapene nelsoni) from Nayarit, Mexico* Jesús Alberto Loc-Barragán	T1
*Evaluation of Road-Crossing Terrapene carolina major* (Gulf Coast Box Turtle) in the Florida Panhandle** Jessica R. Meck, Michael T. Jones, Lisabeth L. Willey, and Jonathan D. Mays	T4
*Home Range and Habitat Selection of Florida Box Turtles (Terrapene carolina bauri) in Coastal Southwest Florida* Jordan Donini, Michela Coury, Brooke L. Talley, Adrian Rodriguez, Jaclyn Drew, Tori Mann, and Cody Weber	T12