Can colored object enrichment reduce the escape behavior of captive freshwater turtles?

Authors: Callum C Bannister, Angus JC Thomson, Mirela Cuculescu‐Santana

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: behavioral types, olfactory cues, Pseudemys sp., Trachemys scripta ssp.

2021

Interest in coloured objects and behavioural budgets of individual captive freshwater turtles

Authors: Angus James Campbell Thomson, Callum Craig Bannister, Reece Taylor Marshall, Natasha McNeil, Donna Maria Mear, Susie Lovick-Earle, Mirela Cuculescu-Santana

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: enrichment, escape behaviour, novelty stress

2021

Effects of body temperature on righting performance of native and invasive freshwater turtles: Consequences for competition

Authors: Nuria Polo-Cavia, Pilar López, José Martín

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: freshwater turtles, invasive species, mauremys leprosa, preferred basking temperature, righting performance, trachemys scripta

2012

Feeding status and basking requirements of freshwater turtles in an invasion context

Authors: Nuria Polo-Cavia, Pilar López, José Martín

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: feeding status, freshwater turtles, invasive species, mauremys leprosa, thermoregulation, trachemys scripta

2012

Long-Term Retention of Visual Tasks by Two Species of Emydid Turtles, Pseudemys nelsoni and Trachemys scripta

Authors: K.M. Davis, G.M. Burghardt

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: behavior, behaviour, learning, long-term retention, reptiles, turtles

2012

Calcium and phosphorus supplementation decreases growth, but does not induce pyramiding, in young red-eared sliders, Trachemys scripta elegans

Authors: Christopher F. Stancel, Ellen S. Dierenfeld, Patricia A. Schoknecht

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: carapace, nutrition, turtles

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