Can artificial rearing benefit the natural breeding of European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis) in its northern distribution range?

The European Pond turtle (Emys orbicularis, L., 1758) is protected and endangered species in Europe. However, in some of the countries it is already extinct. In Lithuania E. orbicularis populations are very small and highly fragmented therefore very vulnerable and declining. The main reasons of suc...

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Main Authors: Vytautas Rakauskas, Kristė Stravinskaitė, Rasa Jautakienė, Jonas Šimkus, Inga Čitavičienė, Alma Pikunienė, Gintarė Stankevičė, Eglė Šidagytė-Copilas
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Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2025-05-01
Series:Acta Herpetologica
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Online Access:https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/ah/article/view/16266
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