Turtles and tortoises are in trouble

Craig B. Stanford; John B. Iverson; Anders G. J. Rhodin; Peter Paul van Dijk; Russell A. Mittermeier; Gerald Kuchling; Kristin H. Berry; Alberto Bertolero; Karen A. Bjorndal; Torsten E. G. Blanck; Kurt A. Buhlmann; Russell L. Burke; Justin D. Congdon; Tomas Diagne; Taylor Edwards; Carla C. Eisemberg; Josh R. Ennen; Germán Forero-Medina; Matt Frankel; Uwe Fritz; Natalia Gallego-García; Arthur Georges; J. Whitfield Gibbons; Shiping Gong; Eric V. Goode; Haitao T. Shi; Ha Hoang; Margaretha D. Hofmeyr; Brian D. Horne; Rick Hudson; James O. Juvik; Ross A. Kiester; Patricia Koval; Minh Le; Peter V. Lindeman; Jeffrey E. Lovich; Luca Luiselli; Timothy E. M. McCormack; George A. Meyer; Vivian P. Páez; Kalyar Platt; Steven G. Platt; Peter C. H. Pritchard; Hugh R. Quinn; Willem M. Roosenburg; Jeffrey A. Seminoff; H. Bradley Shaffer; Ricky Spencer; James U. Van Dyke; Richard C. Vogt; Andrew D. Walde

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2020.04.088

Turtles and tortoises are in trouble

Craig B. Stanford, John B. Iverson, Anders G. J. Rhodin, Peter Paul van Dijk, Russell A. Mittermeier, Gerald Kuchling, Kristin H. Berry, Alberto Bertolero, Karen A. Bjorndal, Torsten E. G. Blanck, Kurt A. Buhlmann, Russell L. Burke, Justin D. Congdon, Tomas Diagne, Taylor Edwards, Carla C. Eisemberg, Josh R. Ennen, Germán Forero-Medina, Matt Frankel, Uwe FritzNatalia Gallego-García, Arthur Georges, J. Whitfield Gibbons, Shiping Gong, Eric V. Goode, Haitao T. Shi, Ha Hoang, Margaretha D. Hofmeyr, Brian D. Horne, Rick Hudson, James O. Juvik, Ross A. Kiester, Patricia Koval, Minh Le, Peter V. Lindeman, Jeffrey E. Lovich, Luca Luiselli, Timothy E. M. McCormack, George A. Meyer, Vivian P. Páez, Kalyar Platt, Steven G. Platt, Peter C. H. Pritchard, Hugh R. Quinn, Willem M. Roosenburg, Jeffrey A. Seminoff, H. Bradley Shaffer, Ricky Spencer, James U. Van Dyke, Richard C. Vogt, Andrew D. Walde

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	R721-R735
Number of pages	15
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	30
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.04.088
Publication status	Published - 2020

Keywords

biotic communities
habitat conservation
testudinidae
turtles

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Stanford, C. B., Iverson, J. B., Rhodin, A. G. J., Dijk, P. P. V., 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, 30(12), R721-R735. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.04.088

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Turtles and tortoises are in trouble

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