Evidence for recruitment-mediated decline in an Eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) population based on a 30-year capture-recapture data set from Maryland
Jeffrey Andrew Royle, M. M. Quinlan, Christopher W. Swarth
The paper analyzes a 30-year capture-recapture dataset to show a 67% population decline in Eastern box turtles, attributed to reduced recruitment rather than survival rates.
Chelonian Conservation and Biology · Mar 28, 2025Peer-reviewedEcology