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EESC-Box Turtles on Patuxent Research Refuge

By Eastern Ecological Science Center
Box turtle with trail laying device Female box turtle with cellular transmitter The approximate home range of box turtle #218 based on the centroid of transmitter points for 2017-2018. Total search effort for box turtles by USGS EESC in 2020

Detailed Description

Researchers from U.S Geological Survey and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have been monitoring eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina Carolina) on the Patuxent Research Refuge in Laurel, MD since the 1940s.

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