Box Turtle Ecology

Long-term research into ecology of the Eastern Box Turtle

Since 2013 we have conduced a radiometry and capture-mark-recapture study on Eastern Box Turtles in northeastern Georgia.

Habitat use


Sources of mortality


Home range & movements


Thermal ecology


Overwintering & spring emergence


Habitat loss & translocation


Population ecology


Reproductive ecology


Impact of invasive plant species


Morphology & growth