User:Olive Ridley Turtle/Loggerhead musk turtle/Bibliography

Turtles of the southeast


 * Summary: This resource includes a description of the loggerhead musk turtle as well as distinguishes two of the subspecies of this turtle and the differences between them. It also includes its geographic range.
 * Incorporation: I will use this source to expand the geographic distribution, description and differences, and habitat sections of the loggerhead musk turtle page. I will also include more information on how there are two subspecies of this turtle and the differences between them.

A Field Guide to Reptiles & Amphibians: Eastern and Central North America


 * Summary: This resource has information on the size, color, shape, and distribution of both the loggerhead musk turtle and the striped musk turtle (both subspecies). It shows distinctions between their carapace shape and overlapping distribution.
 * Incorporation: I will use this source to further explain the differences between the subspecies and their geographic range. I may also include some of the figures used in this book, such as the one showing the differences in carapace shape and distribution.

Geographic Variation in the Musk Turtle, Sternotherus minor


 * Summary: This resource shows where the loggerhead musk turtle is found in the southeast. It also includes information on what might limit their range in certain rivers/streams.
 * Incorporation: I would use this information to expand the geographic distribution and habitat sections of the page. I would include habitat limiting factors in the habitat section as described in this source.

Quantitative Analysis of the Courtship and Mating Behavior in the Loggerhead Musk Turtle Sternotherus minor (Reptilia: Kinosternidae) with Comments on Courtship Behavior in Turtles


 * Summary: This resource describes the process of mating in both males and females. It defines different actions taken by the male, such as approach or bridge sniffing, and it describes three different sequences for these actions and subsequent mating. This paper did its research with the turtles in tanks.
 * Incorporation: I would use this to expand the reproduction section (or possibly create a new section titled Mating). I would also include an image from this paper that shows two turtles, a male and female, engaged in a courtship behavior ("Head-head").

Observations on the Female Reproductive Cycle and Associated Phenomena in Spring-Dwelling Populations of Sternotherus Minor in North Florida (Reptilia: Testudines)


 * Summary: This resource describes different aspects of reproduction including average number of eggs laid per female, yearly reproductive period, average egg size, and how females decide where to lay their eggs. It also includes information on how egg size and clutch size may be related to the size of the female.
 * Incorporation: I would use this information to expand the reproduction section of the Loggerhead musk turtle page. I would include more information on the reproductive cycle and clutch/egg sizes. Currently, there is no information on the period before hatchlings.

Observations on Courtship and Mating Behavior in the Musk Turtle, Sternotherus Minor


 * Summary: This resource did their research out in the field in two springs in Florida. This paper describes other factors (from Bels & Crama 1994) related to mating in the wild including where they mate (concealed in the shade) and how they react to a disturbance. It also includes some information on the reproduction cycle for both sexes.
 * Incorporation: I would also include this in the reproduction (or mating) section to add behaviors that may only occur in the wild, such as uncoupling if there is something nearby. I will also expand the reproduction section with information on the reproductive cycle related to males.

Bite-Force Generation and Feeding Biomechanics in the Loggerhead Musk Turtle, Sternotherus Minor: Implications for the Ontogeny of Performance


 * Summary: This resource includes information on diet including how juveniles eat different things from adults. The paper talks about how as the loggerhead musk turtle begins to consume things with harder shells, such as larger snails, then it must experience a change in its bite-strength in order to be able to eat these things.
 * Incorporation: I would include this information in a section about the diet of the loggerhead musk turtle. Currently, there is no information on diet, so I would add how juveniles and adults consume different things.

Infection of the Turtle, Sternotherus minor, by the Lung Fluke, Heronimus mollis: Incidence of Infection and Correlations to Host Life History and Ecology in a Florida Spring


 * Summary: This paper also includes information on diet and how it relates to the size of the turtle (juvenile vs. adult). This paper also talks about how loggerhead musk use currents to forage.
 * Incorporation: I would include this information in the diet section of the page. I would also include the foraging excerpt as part of the diet, since they are related.

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Sternotherus minor


 * Summary: The loggerhead musk turtle has a conservation status of Least Concern according to this source. It also includes some information on range, population density, habitat, and threats.
 * Incorporation: I would include this information on a section about the conservation and threats to this turtle. I would also expand the range and habitat sections with any information covered in this resource that is not already covered in a previous resource.