Turtles are particularly susceptible to the negative impacts of urbanization due to low
mobility and a life history strategy emphasizing long generation times and high adult …

Males and females have divergent reproductive interests arising from their unequal
investments in offspring. This sexual conflict drives an antagonistic arms race that influences …

Sexually coercive reproductive tactics are widespread among animals. Males may employ
specialized structures to harass, intimidate, or physically harm females to force copulation …

How often males and females need to mate to maximize their fitness is a source of sexual
conflict in animals. Sexual conflict over mating frequency can lead to antagonistic …

We report on the results of the first mark–recapture survey of freshwater turtles in an isolated
urban wetland complex in one of Canada's fastest growing municipalities. Although we …

Anthropogenic changes to the environment (eg, climate change, roads, habitat alteration)
can cause sex ratios in freshwater turtles to differ from the expected 1: 1 ratio. We examined …

Wildlife is important to humans, offering economic, nutritional, ecological, and socio-cultural
value. However, vertebrate biodiversity is being lost at rates 100 times greater than the …