2006 Annual Meeting
Posted on: Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
IUCN TSA and IUCN TFTSG 2006 Annual Meeting - abstracts
The following index lists the Meeting Minutes and abstracts from the 2006 meeting.
Complete Document - Download Here (283 KB pdf file)
Introduction - From the Program Chair
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Message from IUCN Turtle Survival Alliance Co-chairs
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Message from IUCN Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group Chair
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abstracts
| Hatchling and head starting programme for endangered chelonians in the National Chambal Sanctuary, India. Implementation of recommendations from the Conservation Action Plan for India’s Freshwater Turtles Click Here to Review |
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| The Ecology, Demography, Home Range and Microhabitat Utilization of the Alligator Snapping Turtle, Macrochelys temminckii in the Santa Fe River Click Here to Review |
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| Tracking tortoises: a local community or radiotelemetry approach Click Here to Review |
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| Population ecology of the Blanding’s turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) in northeastern Illinois Click Here to Review |
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| Passive fishing techniques: A cause of captured turtle mortality in the Mississippi River Click Here to Review |
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| Assessment of Paternity in Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) Clutches Click Here to Review |
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| Biotelemetry of alligator snapping turtles (Macrochelys temminckii) in northwestern Louisiana: Comparison of native and relocated movement Click Here to Review |
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| A Comprehensive Podocnemis unifilis Recovery Program Implemented by the Cofán Community on the Rio Aguarico, Ecuador Click Here to Review |
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| Synopsis of the North Carolina State College of Veterinary Medicine’s Turtle Rescue Team involvement with TSA confiscations Click Here to Review |
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| Lessons from 30 years of observation at Bog Brook Unique Area Click Here to Review |
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| Reproductive ecology of the smooth softshell turtle (Apalone mutica) in Louisiana Click Here to Review |
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| Australian barbeque locations and what lives in the streams Click Here to Review |
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| Do not take our Freshwater Turtles for Granted Click Here to Review |
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| Captive Management and Reproduction of the Roti Island Turtle Click Here to Review |
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| Sexual Size Dimorphism of the Tail in the Alligator Snapping Turtle, Macrochelys temminckii (Testudines: Chelydridae) Click Here to Review |
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| Nesting Ecology of the Wood Turtle (Glyptemys insculpta) at Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area: Managing Agricultural Fields as Wood Turtle Nesting Areas Click Here to Review |
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| Population Genetics of the Wood Turtle (Glyptemys insculpta) at Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area: Implications for Species Management Click Here to Review |
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| Demography and Spatial Ecology of Wood Turtles (Glyptemys insculpta) at Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area: Identifying Conservation Priorities Click Here to Review |
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| Demographics of age and aging in a long-lived vertebrates (i.e., turtles) Click Here to Review |
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| Conservation of the Central American River Turtle, Dermatemys mawii, in Veracruz, Mexico Click Here to Review |
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| Population demographics of the alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii): evidence for past overexploitation and present recovery Click Here to Review |
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| Turtle Communities of Northeastern Illinois Marshes Click Here to Review |
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| Cambodia: A case study for in-situ tortoise and freshwater turtle research and conservation Click Here to Review |
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| The Asian Scholarship Program (ASP) experience, seven years influence on in-situ chelonian conservation Click Here to Review |
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| Field notes on the critically endangered Dahl ’s toad-headed turtle (Batrachemys dahli) in Colombia Click Here to Review |
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| Efficacy of turtle exclusion devices on passive fishing techniques in freshwater systems Click Here to Review |
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| Population Structure of Alligator Snapping Turtles: Conservation Implications Click Here to Review |
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| Does gender affect seasonal microhabitat selection by wood turtles (Glyptemys insculpta) in Butler County, Iowa? Click Here to Review |
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| The Wood Turtle, Glyptemys insculpta, in Michigan: Burning the Candle at Both Ends? Click Here to Review |
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| Turtle Racing, the American Turtle Crisis Click Here to Review |
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| WCS Joint Program for Chelonian Conservation in Myanmar Click Here to Review |
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| Why Do Some Turtles Take So Long to Hatch? Click Here to Review |
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| Thermoregulation in alligator snapping turtles (Macrochelys temminckii): correlates of habitat use, sex, and reproduction Click Here to Review |
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| Mobilizing the Conservation Action Plan for India’s Endangered Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises Click Here to Review |
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| Investigation of an upper alimentary tract disorder in a group of captive Arakan forest turtles (Heosemys depressa) Click Here to Review |
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| Conservation of Sulawesi’s Two Endemic Chelonians, Leucocephalon yuwonoi and Indotestudo forstenii; An Investigation into In-Situ and Ex-Situ Conservation Concerns Click Here to Review |
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| Nesting ecology of the alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) along the lower Apalachicola River, Florida, with special reference to hatchling sex-determination Click Here to Review |
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| Asian Turtle Ethics: An Analysis of the Religious, Ethical, Cultural and Ecological Factors Influencing the Current Decline in Asian Turtle Populations Click Here to Review |
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| Incidental take of alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii): field observations and potential impacts on populations Click Here to Review |
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| Nature tourism economics drives meta-landscape scale conservation in southern Namibia: implications for a diverse tortoise fauna Click Here to Review |
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| Observations on reproduction in a captive colony of Malayan box turtles, Cuora amboinensis Click Here to Review |
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| Status of the Malayan box turtle TMG in the United States Click Here to Review |
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| Preliminary Evaluation of Pre-release Site Acclimation for Repatriation of Three-toed Box Turtles, Terrapene carolina triunguis Click Here to Review |
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| Wetland complexes and upland-wetland linkages: landscape effects on the distribution of rare and common wetland species Click Here to Review |
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| An ecophysiological approach to design and management of river turtle captive breeding and head starting facilities in tropical countries Click Here to Review |
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| How to assess sex ratios and how to avoid gender bias mistakes in recovery projects of critically endangered turtles Click Here to Review |
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| Reproduction of captive ploughshare tortoises Geochelone yniphora at Ampijoroa, Madagascar: Ovulation is obligatorily induced by mating and copulation Click Here to Review |
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| Developing a Biomaterials Action Plan for Turtles and Tortoises Click Here to Review |
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| Cap Sainte Marie “at the end of the earth”: The Radiated Tortoise (Geochelone radiata) in Southwest Madagascar Click Here to Review |
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| The Reintroduction of Geochelone yniphora Click Here to Review |
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| Conservation implications of incubation temperature for alligator snapping turtles (Macrochelys temminckii) Click Here to Review |
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| Elements of Captive Tortoise Nutrition Click Here to Review |
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| Ecological Aspects of a Turtle Assemblage in the Tennessee River Click Here to Review |
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| Seasonal Movements of Freshwater Turtles Among Missouri River Floodplain Wetlands – A Preliminary Report Click Here to Review |
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| An Analysis of Trap Captures on a Riverine Turtle Assemblage in Tennessee Click Here to Review |
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| Distribution and population status of the narrow-headed softshell turtle Chitra spp. in Thailand Click Here to Review |
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| Last Curtain Call for the Drummer - A Perspective on the Global Decline of River Turtles Click Here to Review |
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| Levels of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in plasma from two species of riverine turtle Click Here to Review |
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| St. Catherines Island Gopher Tortoise Translocation Project 1994-2004: An Overview Click Here to Review |
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| Health assessment of the alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) in Georgia and Florida Click Here to Review |
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| Captive Management and Propagation of the Endangered Madagascar Flat-tail tortoise (Pyxis planicauda) Click Here to Review |
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| Orientation of five species of naïve river turtles (Graptemys and Apalone) dispersing from experimental nests Click Here to Review |
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| Reassessment of the turtle community in the North Fork of White River, Ozark County Missouri USA Click Here to Review |
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| River surveys for the black soft-shelled turtleAspideretes nigricans and the topical situation of the turtle trade in Bangladesh Click Here to Review |
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| Impact Assessment of turtle habitats in the Ganga River, India Click Here to Review |
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| Health assessments of radiated tortoises (Geochelone radiata) in Madagascar Click Here to Review |
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| Effects of habitat degradation on corticosterone and parasites in aquatic turtles Click Here to Review |
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| Field Report for the Roti Island Snake-Neck Turtle, Chelodina mccordi, May 2006: Surveys for Possible Protected Areas Click Here to Review |
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| Collaborative conservation planning and the alligator snapping turtle Click Here to Review |
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| Status of the alligator snapping turtle in Oklahoma: Effects of historical harvest and habitat alteration Click Here to Review |
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| Ecology, biology and conservation of the Stripe-necked Terrapin, Mauremys rivulata, in Jordan Click Here to Review |
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| Health assessment of captive Dermatemys mawii in Nacajuca, Mexico Click Here to Review |
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| Parasites present in a stable, captive breeding population of Malayan box turtles, Cuora amboinensis Click Here to Review |
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| Spatial ecology of turtle populations within an urban landscape: implications for conservation and habitat management Click Here to Review |
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| Effects of haying and agricultural practices on an imperiled species: the North American Wood Turtle, Glyptemys insculpta Click Here to Review |
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| The process and progress of the John L. Behler Chelonian Conservation Center Click Here to Review |
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| John Behler; a tribute in pictures Click Here to Review |
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| Images of Testudo terrapin (Schoepf) Click Here to Review |
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| Chelonian zooarchaeology and ethnozoology in southwest Florida Click Here to Review |
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| A survey of early European chelonian images Click Here to Review |
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| The impacts of hurricane Katrina on a population of yellow-blotched sawback turtles (Graptemys flavimaculata): An aquatic perspective Click Here to Review |
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| Is there a population structure in the yellow-blotched sawback turtle (Graptemys flavimaculata) in a seemingly continuous environment? Click Here to Review |
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| Conservation phylogenetics of the Asian box turtles (Geoemydidae, Cuora): Inferences from multiple nuclear loci Click Here to Review |
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| Demography and Home Range of the Bog Turtle (Glyptemys muhlenbergii): An Endangered Species in New Jersey Click Here to Review |
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| Advances on the Central American River Turtle’s Conservation Program Click Here to Review |
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| Notes on the successful reproduction of Platysternon megacephalum in captivity Click Here to Review |
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| Population structure and function of Emydura and Chelodina in the Kimberley Plateau, Western Australia prior to arrival of invasive cane toads Click Here to Review |
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| The Tennessee Bog Turtle Program – A 20 Year Review Click Here to Review |
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| Keeping and breeding yellow blotched sawback turtles, Graptemys flavimaculata Click Here to Review |
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| Recent Developments in Asian Turtle Trade Click Here to Review |
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| Neotropical Freshwater Turtle Conservation Update Click Here to Review |
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| Use of satellite transmitters in determining habitat use of Podocnemis expansa in the Rio Trombetas, Para, Brazil Click Here to Review |
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| Microhabitat selection by Desert Tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) in the Mojave Desert Click Here to Review |
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| An evaluation of the turtle assemblage and sampling methodology of Donaldson Point Conservation Area, Missouri Click Here to Review |
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| Using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Science to Predict and Delineate Critical Habitat for the Bog Turtle, (Glyptemys muhlenbergii) Click Here to Review |
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| Using Turtles to Promote a Grassroots Environmental Education Program in southeastern Tennessee and northwestern Georgia Click Here to Review |
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| Reproduction of Alligator Snapping Turtles (Macrochelys temminckii) in northern Louisiana Click Here to Review |
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| Turtle Survival Alliance Taxon Management Group Report 2005-2006 Click Here to Review |
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| Reproduction of the pig-noised turtle Carettochelys insculpta (Ramsay, 1886) at the Rotterdam Zoo Click Here to Review |
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| The ex situ status of the genus Cuora in Europe Click Here to Review |
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| Final Thought: Troubled Times for Turtles by John L. Behler Click Here to Review |
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