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1 is an etiologic agent of URTD in the gopher tortoise.

2 ct: Chelonoidis elephantopus or the Floreana tortoise.

3 small-bodied Geochelone chilensis, or Chaco tortoise.

4 iconic yet poorly understood Galapagos giant tortoises.

5 even different movement metrics of Galapagos tortoises.

6 rally infected and uninfected captive desert tortoises.

7 ive large-bodied frugivores, including giant tortoises.

8 ered on large game and was supplemented with tortoises.

9 was used as the cutoff for seropositivity in tortoises.

10 private and zoo collections of Mediterranean tortoises.

11 olated from the nares of at least 50% of the tortoises.

12 Giant tortoises, a prominent symbol of the Galapagos archipela

13 of dispersal events for 631 Galapagos giant tortoises across the volcanoes of Sierra Negra and Cerro

14 s of translocating captive-reared non-native tortoises, Aldabrachelys gigantea and Astrochelys radiat

15 We introduced exotic Aldabra giant tortoises, Aldabrachelys gigantea, to disperse the ebony

16 For example, there should be a "tortoise and hare effect": those genera with the smalles

17 As in the fable of the tortoise and the hare, the structured population (tortoi

18 was an etiologic agent of URTD in the gopher tortoise and to determine the clinical course of the exp

19 cludes unusually high densities of butchered tortoise and wild cattle remains in two structures, the

20 n mitochondrial DNA sequences from Galapagos tortoises and Geochelone from mainland South America and

21 her tortoises are similar to those in desert tortoises and include serous, mucoid, or purulent discha

22 xpense of slow-reproducing but easily caught tortoises and marine shellfish and, concurrently, climat

23 ropriate technology, and (ii) they collected tortoises and shellfish less intensively than later peop

24 ntly, climate-independent size diminution in tortoises and shellfish.

25 ecorded the daily locations of 17 GPS-tagged tortoises and walked a monthly survey along the altitudi

26 e glomus cells found in amphibians, mammals, tortoises, and lizards.

27 METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Because tortoises are long-lived, late-maturing reptiles, we ass

28 Clinical signs of URTD in gopher tortoises are similar to those in desert tortoises and i

29 Giant tortoises are unlikely candidates for forage-driven migr

30 ear evidence for feasting on wild cattle and tortoises at Hilazon Tachtit cave, a Late Epipaleolithic

31 The larva of the tortoise beetle, Hemisphaerota cyanea (Chrysomelidae, Ca

32 ent in seven of nine experimentally infected tortoises by 4 weeks postinfection (p.i.) and in eight o

33 and in eight of nine experimentally infected tortoises by 8 weeks p.i.

34 istory of diversification of giant Galapagos tortoises by using mtDNA sequences from 802 individuals

35 t produced skeletons of two extinct species (tortoise Chelonoidis undescribed sp. and Caracara Caraca

36 tion in movement behaviour - giant Galapagos tortoises (Chelonoidis spp.) - to test how movement metr

37 Lonesome George, we sequenced DNA from three tortoises collected on Pinta in 1906.

38 Successful tortoise conservation efforts have focused on species re

39 ed to the limited dispersal and migration of tortoises following an oceanographic current.

40 haphazard translocations by mariners killing tortoises for food centuries ago that created the unique

41 rprisingly, we found that these "non-native" tortoises from Isabela are of recent Floreana ancestry a

42 Lonesome George") is very closely related to tortoises from San Cristobal and Espanola, the islands f

43 shell reconstructions of 89 Galapagos giant tortoises from three domed and two saddleback species to

44 te the success of these introductions to the tortoises' generalist diet, habitat requirements, and in

45 A single tortoise (Geochelone carbonaria) was trained in an eight

46 systematics has involved the giant Galapagos tortoises (Geochelone nigra), whose origins and systemat

47 ng disease dynamics in the threatened desert tortoise Gopherus agassizii.

48 er of tortoise species, including the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) and the gopher tortoise (G

49 tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) and the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus).

50 erse substantial numbers of ebony seeds, but tortoise gut passage also improved seed germination, lea

51 Thus, the tortoise-hare pattern is an indicator of ruggedness.

52 ith a rugged landscape topography, we find a tortoise-hare pattern.

53 Galapagos giant tortoises have two main shell morphologies - saddleback

54 ) slow animals (a group including crocodile, tortoise, hippopotamus and some babies); (2) normal medi

55 Control tortoises in both experiments did not show clinical sign

56 y more extensive geographical range of giant tortoises in the highlands of Santa Cruz Island.

57 Not only did the tortoises ingest the large fruits and disperse substanti

58 The closest living relative to the Galapagos tortoise is not among the larger-bodied tortoises of Sou

59 The tortoise learned to perform reliably above chance, prefe

60 converted to Sphagnum bogs concomitant with tortoise loss, subsequently leading to the decline of se

61 and subsequent extinction of large megafauna tortoises (?Meiolania damelipi) on tropical islands duri

62 (ii) is tortoise migration ultimately driven by gradients in for

63 in movement behaviour distinguish Galapagos tortoise movement from previously described partial migr

64 th more uneven surfaces where the saddleback tortoises occur increases their risk to fall on their ba

65 Adult tortoises of both sexes move up and down an altitudinal

66 aracterize the movements and distribution of tortoises of different sizes and sexes.

67 agos tortoise is not among the larger-bodied tortoises of South America but is the relatively small-b

68 The giant tortoises of the Galapagos have become greatly depleted

69 Furthermore, male Galapagos tortoises on Santa Cruz Island would be unable to grow t

70 relatively simple, tractable system - giant tortoises on Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos, was studied t

71 y short-lived interactions in a free-ranging tortoise population and thus, expect transmission patter

72 then examined the contact patterns of a wild tortoise population using proximity loggers to identify

73 Upland tortoise populations on Santa Cruz declined 500-700 year

74 utionarily distinct from all other Galapagos tortoise populations.

75 These large tortoise radiations in the Pacific may have contributed

76 The endangered giant Galapagos tortoises represent a rapid allopatric radiation and fur

77 All of the experimentally infected tortoises seroconverted, and levels of antibody were sta

78 svirus 3 (TeHV-3) causes a lethal disease in tortoises, several species of which are endangered.

79 spite of differences in brain structure, the tortoise showed spatial learning abilities comparable to

80 ease (URTD) has been observed in a number of tortoise species, including the desert tortoise (Gopheru

81 agent of a lethal disease affecting several tortoise species.

82 r respiratory tract disease in Mediterranean tortoises [spur-thighed tortoise (Testudo graeca) and He

83 ise and the hare, the structured population (tortoise) starts relatively slow but eventually surpasse

84 ase in Mediterranean tortoises [spur-thighed tortoise (Testudo graeca) and Hermann's tortoise (Testud

85 ghed tortoise (Testudo graeca) and Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni)].

86 5 was inoculated intranasally into Hermann's tortoises (Testudo hermanni).

87 ver the next decades, return C. elephantopus tortoises to Floreana Island to serve as engineers of th

88 We have identified a novel gene, Tortoise (TorA), that is required for the efficient chem

89 Specifically, we asked: (i) do Galapagos tortoises undergo long-distance seasonal migrations?

90 ith the remains of this distinctive hornless tortoise, unlike the Gondwanan horned meiolaniid radiati

91 cological replacements for extinct Mauritian tortoises, we found that releasing small numbers of capt

92 Tortoises were inoculated intranasally with 0.5 ml (0.25

93 In the dose-response experiments, tortoises were inoculated intranasally with a low (10(1)

94 We parameterize the model for Galapagos tortoises, which were recently discovered to be size-dep

95 no in the Galapagos Islands hosts many giant tortoises with high ancestry from a species previously d

96 ical signs compatible with those observed in tortoises with natural infections.

97 sions were compatible with those observed in tortoises with natural infections.