A look inside the net: freshwater turtles assort with conspecifics in feeding aggregations
Caitlin Marie Menzies, Remus James, Julia Riley, Christina M. Davy, Roslyn Dakin
The paper examines social structure in feeding aggregations of three freshwater turtle species using long-term trapping data, finding strong species assortment in two species and no significant intraspecific sex or size-based assortment.
bioRxiv · Oct 6, 2026 · PreprintAnimal Behavior & Cognition