Abstract
Eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina carolina) often have a small range in terrestrial habitats and wetlands. Once a box turtle hatches, it makes a mental map of its home territory and will likely stay in this area for the rest of its life. To understand how the eastern box turtles utilize the North Carolina Arboretum gardens, thread-trailing was used to monitor movement patterns. Radio telemetry and GPS tracker loggers were also used to understand habitat preferences and to determine home ranges. For this research, five turtles were monitored and equipped with transmitters for tracking. Furthermore, to support the North Carolina Arboretum’s box turtle research, data collected from 2018 and 2019 were analyzed and organized into GIS maps to understand habitat range and home range.
How to Cite
Carson, M., (2020) “Tracking Box Turtles and Promoting Turtle Citizen Science”, Capstone, The UNC Asheville Journal of Undergraduate Scholarship 33(2).
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