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Turtles and Tortoises Are in Trouble

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Stanford, Craig B., Iverson, John B., Rhodin, Anders G.J., Paul van Dijk, Peter, Mittermeier, Russell A., Kuchling, Gerald, Berry, Kristin H., Bertolero, Alberto, Bjorndal, Karen A., Blanck, Torsten E.G., Buhlmann, Kurt A., Burke, Russell L., Congdon, Justin D., Diagne, Tomas, Edwards, Taylor, Eisemberg, Carla C., Ennen, Josh R., Forero-Medina, Germán, Frankel, Matt, Fritz, Uwe, Gallego-García, Natalia, Georges, Arthur, Gibbons, J. Whitfield, Gong, Shiping, Goode, Eric V., Shi, Haitao T., Hoang, Ha, Hofmeyr, Margaretha D., Horne, Brian D., Hudson, Rick, Juvik, James O., Kiester, Ross A., Koval, Patricia, Le, Minh, Lindeman, Peter V., Lovich, Jeffrey E., Luiselli, Luca, McCormack, Timothy E.M., Meyer, George A., Páez, Vivian P., Platt, Kalyar, Platt, Steven G., Pritchard, Peter C.H., Quinn, Hugh R., Roosenburg, Willem M., Seminoff, Jeffrey A., Shaffer, H. Bradley, Spencer, Ricky, Van Dyke, James U., Vogt, Richard C., Walde, Andrew D.·2020·Current Biology
DOI 10.1016/j.cub.2020.04.088
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Turtles and tortoises (chelonians) have been integral components of global ecosystems for about 220 million years and have played important roles in human culture for at least 400,000 years. The chelonian shell is a remarkable evolutionary adaptation, facilitating success in terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems. Today, more than half of the 360 living species and 482 total taxa (species and subspecies combined) are threatened with extinction. This places chelonians among the groups with the highest extinction risk of any sizeable vertebrate group. Turtle populations are declining rapidly due to habitat loss, consumption by humans for food and traditional medicines and collection for the international pet trade. Many taxa could become extinct in this century. Here, we examine survival threats to turtles and tortoises and discuss the interventions that will be needed to prevent widespread extinction in this group in coming decades.

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Stanford, C. B., Iverson, J. B., Rhodin, A. G. J., Paul van Dijk, P., Mittermeier, R. A., Kuchling, G., Berry, K. H., Bertolero, A., Bjorndal, K. A., Blanck, T. E. G., Buhlmann, K. A., Burke, R. L., Congdon, J. D., Diagne, T., Edwards, T., Eisemberg, C. C., Ennen, J. R., Forero-Medina, G., Frankel, M., Fritz, U., Gallego-García, N., Georges, A., Gibbons, J. W., Gong, S., Goode, E. V., Shi, H. T., Hoang, H., Hofmeyr, M. D., Horne, B. D., Hudson, R., Juvik, J. O., Kiester, R. A., Koval, P., Le, M., Lindeman, P. V., Lovich, J. E., Luiselli, L., McCormack, T. E. M., Meyer, G. A., Páez, V. P., Platt, K., Platt, S. G., Pritchard, P. C. H., Quinn, H. R., Roosenburg, W. M., Seminoff, J. A., Shaffer, H. B., Spencer, R., Van Dyke, J. U., Vogt, R. C., & Walde, A. D.
Venue
Current Biology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2020-06
Volume
30
Issue
12
Pages
R721-R735
ISSN
0960-9822 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.cub.2020.04.088
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W3036550407
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369
References
109
FWCI
26.35
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Stanford, C. B., Iverson, J. B., Rhodin, A. G. J., Paul van Dijk, P., Mittermeier, R. A., Kuchling, G., Berry, K. H., Bertolero, A., Bjorndal, K. A., Blanck, T. E. G., Buhlmann, K. A., Burke, R. L., Congdon, J. D., Diagne, T., Edwards, T., Eisemberg, C. C., Ennen, J. R., Forero-Medina, G., Frankel, M., . . . Walde, A. D. (2020). Turtles and Tortoises Are in Trouble. Current Biology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.04.088

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