2007 Annual Meeting
Posted on: Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
IUCN TSA and IUCN TFTSG 2007 Annual Meeting - abstracts
The following index lists the Meeting Minutes and abstracts from the 2007 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
| Understanding Iridovirus: An Emerging Pathogen in Free-Ranging and Captive Chelonians Click Here to Review |
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| Understanding the evolution of egg size in the diamondback terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin Click Here to Review |
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| Do ultraviolet bulbs affect growth in captive turtles? Click Here to Review |
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| Reintroduction of giant tortoises on Rodrigues Island, Indian Ocean Click Here to Review |
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| The discovery of new populations of Emys orbicularis in Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (Artsakh) Click Here to Review |
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| Turtles and Tortoises are Communicating with Low Frequency Sound Click Here to Review |
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| Health Assessment of a Confiscated Group of Alligator Snapping Turtles, Macrochelys temminckii as Part of a Reintroduction Program into Eastern Oklahoma River Drainages. Click Here to Review |
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| Habitat Use and Movement Patterns of Hatchling Alligator Snapping Turtles (Macrochelys temminckii) Click Here to Review |
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| A Multi-year Translocation Project at Ft.Irwin: Health, Disease, and Trauma of Desert Tortoises Click Here to Review |
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| Gopher Tortoises: Searching for Solutions to Difficult Problems Click Here to Review |
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| The Turtle Assemblage of a North Louisiana Bayou Click Here to Review |
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| The Status of Rafetus swinhoei in Yunnan Click Here to Review |
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| The Conservation and Trade of the Freshwater Turtle, Phrynops williamsi, in Uruguay Click Here to Review |
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| Distribution, status and threats to the tortoises of Namibia Click Here to Review |
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| The tortoises of Namibia Click Here to Review |
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| Social behavior of emydid turtles in a naturalistic setting Click Here to Review |
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| Studies and conservation of Adanson’s mud turtle Pelusios adansonii (Schweigger, 1812) in the Guiers Lake/ North East Senegal, West Africa Click Here to Review |
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| Distribution and conservation of the tortoises and terrapins in Senegal West Africa Click Here to Review |
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| Characterizing The Health Status of The Louisiana Click Here to Review |
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| Diamondback terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin terrapin) in southern New Jersey, USA: community-based conservation for a stressed turtle population Click Here to Review |
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| Temperature-dependent Sex Determination in Manouria emys emys, the Asian Forest Tortoise Click Here to Review |
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| Do egg-laying females lacking parental care adaptively manipulate their offspring phenotype and consequent fitness via active nest-site selection? Click Here to Review |
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| Turtles on their last legs: The State of Freshwater Chelonian Species Conservation in Uruguay Click Here to Review |
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| Breaking Myths, Implementation of the First Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Educational Program in Uruguay Click Here to Review |
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| The Black Spine-necked Swamp Turtle, Acantochelys spixii, in the “Cerro Verde” Coastal-Marine Protected Area and Zones of Influence Click Here to Review |
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| Morbidity/Mortality Investigation in Captive Hatched/Reared Juvenile Siamese Narrow-headed Softshell Turtles (Chitra chitra) in Kanchanaburi, Thailand Click Here to Review |
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| Genetic analysis of the endangered Asian Yellow Pond Turtle (Mauremys mutica) and highly endangered Annam Leaf Turtle (Mauremys annamensis) Click Here to Review |
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| Observations on Husbandry and Reproduction of Indotestudo forstenii in Captivity Click Here to Review |
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| Re-establishment of giant tortoises in the Seychelles Islands Click Here to Review |
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| Turtle Tales from a Long Life in the Slow Lane Click Here to Review |
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| Biology and Ecology of Rhinoclemmys nasuta (Boulenger 1902) on the Pacific Coast of Colombia Click Here to Review |
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| The John L Behler Chelonian Conservation Center, 2006-2007 Report: Update and Field Work Click Here to Review |
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| Developing GPS loggers to track travel routes of small freshwater turtles Click Here to Review |
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| The need for non-indigenous ecosystem engineers in restoration programs: using extant tortoises to restore island ecosystem function Click Here to Review |
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| Discovery of a Modern-day Midden: Continued Exploitation of the Suwannee Cooter, Pseudemys concinna suwanniensis Click Here to Review |
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| Use of radio telemetry to analyze movement patterns of mangrove terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin rhizophorarum) in Key West National Wildlife Refuge, FL (USA) Click Here to Review |
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| The Value of Endoscopy in Chelonian Research and Conservation Click Here to Review |
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| A 26-Year Study of the Population Dynamics of Spotted Turtles (Clemmys guttata) in Southwestern Ohio Click Here to Review |
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| Turtles (and Other Herpetofauna) of Maryland (USA) Click Here to Review |
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| Notes Regarding the Asian Brown and Black Burmese Mountain Tortoises (Manouria emys emys, Manouria emys phayrei): Captive Considerations and a Look to the Future Click Here to Review |
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| An Update on TSA’s Range Country Programs in India and Myanmar Click Here to Review |
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| Conservation of the Indian Red-Crowned Roof Turtle, Kachuga kachuga Click Here to Review |
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| Population demographics of the alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii): evidence for past exploitation and present recovery Click Here to Review |
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| Habitat selection of the alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii): correlates among sex and reproductive status Click Here to Review |
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| Overview on the Ecology and Use of Amyda cartilaginea and other non-marine turtle species from Sarawak Malaysian Borneo Click Here to Review |
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| Tortoises and tourists: applications of the “Mauna Lani” model for integrating resort branding and chelonian conservation Click Here to Review |
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| Husbandry and reproduction of the Arakan forest turtle, Heosemys depressa, at Zoo Atlanta Click Here to Review |
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| Use of temporary paint marking for rapid assessment of population status and home range estimation in a riverine basking turtle (Pseudemys concinna suwanniensis) in the SE USA. Click Here to Review |
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| Composition of a Turtle Assemblage in a North Florida Spring-fed Blackwater Stream Click Here to Review |
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| Aspects of the population dynamics of sympatric Graptemys barbouri and Graptemys ernsti in the lower Choctawhatchee River of Alabama and Florida Click Here to Review |
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| Alligator Snapping Turtle Translocation: Preliminary Report Click Here to Review |
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| Genetic and morphometric structure of the Icotea turtle, Trachemys callirostris callirostris, on the banks of the Magdalena, Sinu and San Jorge rivers of Colombia Click Here to Review |
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| A review of research, training and conservation by the Asian Turtle Program (ATP) in Vietnam Click Here to Review |
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| Rediscovery after 67 years of the critically endangered Vietnamese Pond Turtle, Mauremys annamensis, in central Vietnam Click Here to Review |
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| A short report on Mesopotamian soft-shell turtle Rafetus euphraticus (Daudin 1802) from Iran Click Here to Review |
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| Defying Destiny: Manouria in Captivity Click Here to Review |
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| Betwixt Plated Decks: Five Centuries of Turtle Illustrations Click Here to Review |
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| Conservation Awareness regarding Malacochersus tornieri by Local People Living Adjacent to Tarangire National Park, Tanzania Click Here to Review |
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| An attempted rescue of pancake tortoise, Malacochersus tornieri in Tanzania: Challenges and Learning points Click Here to Review |
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| Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) Rehabilitation, Health Assessment, and Education in Coastal Georgia Click Here to Review |
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| The Translocation of Desert Tortoises in the Northeast Mojave: an overview Click Here to Review |
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| Tracking northern diamondback terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin terrapin) in a southern New Jersey (USA) salt marsh using sonic telemetry Click Here to Review |
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| The worrisome decline of the radiated tortoise (Geochelone radiata), a flagship species from southern Madagascar Click Here to Review |
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| Commercial tortoise farming in Eastern Europe Click Here to Review |
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| Science & Travel in Asia Click Here to Review |
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| Radiated Tortoise of Madagascar: Alarming Decline of the Wild Population Click Here to Review |
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| Use of Automated Telemetry, Video, Body Temperature, and Light Intensity Data to Determine Gopher Tortoise Activity and Disturbance Response Patterns Click Here to Review |
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| Prioritization of Alligator Snapping Turtle Release Sites in Oklahoma Click Here to Review |
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| Medical Management of a Group of Confiscated Indotestudo forstenii Click Here to Review |
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| Health Assessment of the Reproductive Tract in Manouria impressa Click Here to Review |
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| Sulawesi Forest Turtle (Leucocephalon yuwonoi): Threats and Conservation Issues Click Here to Review |
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| Diamondback Terrapin Nesting Ecology at the Poplar Island Environmental Restoration Project Click Here to Review |
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| A little history: What’s in a name, or a quota… Click Here to Review |
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| The Art of Chelonian Science: From 1240 and Beyond Click Here to Review |
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| Environmental Influences on the Behavior of Manouria emys Click Here to Review |
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| Population Distribution and Status of Two Riverine Turtles within the Pascagoula River System Click Here to Review |
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| An Action Plan for Turtle Conservation in China and a brief introduction to turtle conservation and research efforts in China Click Here to Review |
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| Progress of the Egg Protection and Head-starting Programmes for Endangered Turtles in the National Chambal Sanctuary, India Click Here to Review |
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| The Cambodian Batagur baska Project Click Here to Review |
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| Introgression, Hybridization and Interpretation of Phylogenetic Analyses: Examples from Turtles Click Here to Review |
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| Phylogenetics: Uses & misuses or why do we need so many trees? Click Here to Review |
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| Advances in the Central American River Turtle’s Conservation Program Click Here to Review |
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| The Euphrates Soft-shelled Turtle, Rafetus euphraticus, in the Tigris River and its Tributaries, Turkey: Two New Projects, Ilisu Dam and the Improvement of the Tigris Valley Click Here to Review |
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| The Taxonomic Status of Emys orbicularis from the Central Anatolian Regions of Turkey: The Boget Population Click Here to Review |
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| The Turtle Trade in Taiwan, with Emphasis on Turtle Plastron Trade Click Here to Review |
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| Current Status and Studies of the Yellow-Margined Box Turtle (Cuora flavomarginata) in Taiwan Click Here to Review |
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| Operation of a national strategy for the conservation, management and research of the Mexican freshwater turtles and tortoises Click Here to Review |
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| Restoration of the Bolson Tortoise (Gopherus flavomarginatus) in North America Click Here to Review |
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| Land Tortoises of Turkey: Morphometric comparisons based on phylogenetic assignments Click Here to Review |
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| Testudo trade in Turkey Click Here to Review |
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| Why Not Notch More Turtle Shells? Click Here to Review |
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| Behavioral ecology of Manouria emys phayrei in Kaeng Krachan National Park, Thailand: preliminary evidence. Click Here to Review |
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| Nesting Habitat and Nest Site Selection in the Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys temminckii). Click Here to Review |
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| Ecology and behavior of the mangrove terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin rhizophorarum) in Key West National Wildlife Refuge, FL (USA) Click Here to Review |
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| Current Captive Management of turtles in the Guangdong Province of China Click Here to Review |
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