Exploring Thermal Preferences of Eastern Box Turtles

Anne Puchalsky

Eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina carolina), a species of special concern in Pennsylvania, have declined across their range in recent decades. The objective of this research is to understand how thermal interactions affect habitat selection. The results from this research will quantify the micro-sites that turtles seek out based on their sex and help to determine what habitat management, especially in the understory, can be done to boost the population of this species of concern. 

Major: 
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Exhibition Category: 
Health and Life Sciences
Exhibition Format: 
Poster Presentation
Campus: 
University Park
Faculty Sponsor: 
Julian Avery
Poster Number: 
51959