Recherche


Des étudiants et des chercheurs d’Acadia University ainsi que d’autres institutions de la province étudient cette incomparable population de tortues depuis 1987. Vous trouverez ci-dessous un bref aperçu des projets récemment complétés ou toujours en cours. Si vous désirez en apprendre davantage sur un projet en particulier, cliquez sur le nom du chercheur (ces sites n’existent qu’en anglais).  

Élevage en captivité



Patrons de croissance



Modélisation de l’habitat

Hivernation  

Prise en charge de la conservation par la communauté 

Paternité

Structure de la population

 



Analyse de viabilité de la population

 

Établir sa distribution

 

Mouvement des nouveau-nés

Écologie des jeunes tortues

Nidification

 

Publications
Ce tableau contient des fichiers PDF de plusieurs des publications récentes sur la Tortue mouchetée en Nouvelle-Écosse (classées par année de publication).

Publications avec comité de lecture Texte intégral
2005
Mockford, S.W., L. McEachern, T.B. Herman, M. Snyder et J.M. Wright. 2005. Population genetic structure in a disjunct population of Blanding’s turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) in Nova Scotia, Canada.  Biological Conservation 123: 373-380. pdf
Mockford, S.W., T.B. Herman, M. Snyder et J.M. Wright.  Soumis.  Identification of evolutionarily significant units in Blanding’s turtle based on genetic variation at microsatellite loci.  Conservation Genetics.  
2002
Herman, T.B., S. Bondrup-Nielsen et R. Smith. 2002. Globalization compromises protected areas. Pp 58-65 dans Bondrup-Nielsen, S. et N.W.P. Munro (éditeurs). Managing Protected Areas in a Changing World, Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Science and Management of Protected Areas, 14-19 May 2000. Canada: SAMPAA. (avec comité de lecture).  
Osentoski, M.F., S. Mockford, J.M. Wright, M. Snyder, T.B. Herman et C.R. Hugh. 2002. Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci from the Blanding's turtle, Emydoidea blandingii. Molecular Ecology Notes 2: 147-149. pdf
2000

McMaster, N. et Herman, T.B.  2000. Occurrence, habitat selection and movement patterns in juvenile Blanding’s turtles (Emydoidea blandingii) in Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 3: 602-610

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McNeil, J., Herman, T.B. et Standing, K.L.  2000.  Movement of hatchling Blanding’s turtles (Emydoidea blandingii) in Nova Scotia in response to proximity to open water: a manipulative experiment. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 3: 611-617.

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Mockford, S.W., J.M. Wright, M. Snyder et T.B. Herman. 2000.  A non-destructive source of DNA from hatchling freshwater turtles for use in PCR based assays.  Herp. Rev. 30(3): 148-149

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Standing, K.L., T.B. Herman et I.P. Morrison.  2000. Developmental abnormalities in a northeastern population of  Blanding’s turtle, Emydoidea blandingii. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 3: 661-664. pdf
Standing, K.L., T.B. Herman et I.P. Morrison.  2000. Predation of neonate Blanding’s turtles (Emydoidea blandingii) by short-tailed shrews (Blarina brevicauda). Chelonian Conservation and Biology 3: 658-660. pdf
Standing, K.L., T.B. Herman, M. Shallow, T. Power, et I.P. Morrison.  2000. Results of the nest protection program for Blanding’s turtles in Kejimkujik National Park, Canada: 1987-1997. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 3: 637-642. pdf
1999

Hurlburt, D.D., S. Mockford et T.B. Herman. 1999. Chelydra serpentina (Common snapping turtle) Aggression. Herp. Rev. 30(1): 39.

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Mockford, S.W., Snyder, M. et Herman, T.B.  1999. A preliminary examination of genetic variation in a peripheral population of Blanding’s Turtle, Emydoidea blandingii. Molecular Ecology 8: 323-327. pdf
Standing, K.L., T.B. Herman et I.P. Morrison. 1999.  Nesting ecology of Blanding’s turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) in Nova Scotia, the northeastern limit of the species’ range. Can. J. Zool.  77: 1609-1614. pdf
1998

Herman, T., I. Morrison, J. McNeil et N. McMaster. 1998.  Recovery of a threatened Blanding’s turtle population: linking conservation efforts in working and protected landscapes.  Pp. 308-314 dans Munro and Willison (éditeurs) Linking Protected Areas and Working Landscapes Conserving Biodiversity.  SAMPAA. (avec comité de lecture).

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1997
Herman, T.B.  1997.  Life on the edge: managing peripheral populations in a changing landscape.  dans  van Abbema, J. (éditeur).  Proceedings: Conservation, Management and Restoration of Tortoises and Turtles- an International Conference.  Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., N.Y. (avec comité de lecture).  
Standing, K.L., T.B. Herman, D.D. Hurlburt et I.P. Morrison.  1997.  Post-emergence behaviour of neonates in a northern peripheral population of Blanding’s turtle, Emydoidea blandingii, in Nova Scotia.   Can. J. Zool. 75: 1387-1395. pdf
1995

Herman, T.B., Power, T.D. et Eaton, B.R. 1995.  Status of Blanding's Turtles, Emydoidea blandingii, in Nova Scotia, Canada. Canadian Field-Naturalist 109: 182-191.

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1994
Power, T.D., T.B. Herman et J. Kerekes.  1994.  Water colour as a predictor of Blanding's Turtle (Emydoidea blandingi) distribution in Nova Scotia. Canadian Field-Naturalist  108: 17-21. pdf

 

Autres publications PDF
Affiche : Nova Scotia’s Blanding’s Turtle: Population Structure and Dynamics.  2003. Brennan Caverhill et T.B. Herman jpg image

Lettre d’information : Blanding's in Your Backyard. 2003.  B. Caverhill et P. Hope

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Thèses
Vous trouverez ci-dessous une liste des thèses de maîtrise et de baccalauréat déjà complétées au sujet de la population de Tortues mouchetées de la Nouvelle-Écosse. Toutes ces thèses ont été effectuées à Acadia University sous la direction de T.B. Herman, Biology Department, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Thèses de maîtrise
Smith, D. 2004 Dispersal of neonate Blanding’s turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) in Nova Scotia
McNeil, J.   2002    Distribution, movements, morphology and reproduction in a population of Blanding’s turtles in an unprotected landscape in southwestern Nova Scotia.
Standing, K.L.   1997   Reproduction, nest site selection and neonatal behaviour in a northern, peripheral population of Blanding’s turtle (Emydoidea blandingii).
Power, T.   1989 Seasonal movements and nesting ecology of a relict population of Blanding's Turtle (Emydoidea blandingii  (Holbrook)) in Nova Scotia.

 

Thèses de baccalauréat
Toews, D. 2005 Quantification of fine scale genetic structure in a peripheral population of Blanding’s turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) in Pleasant River, Nova Scotia
Penny, L.  2004            Headstarting as a restoration tool for Blanding’s turtles at Grafton Lake, NS
Caverhill, B.  2003 Structure and dynamics of an isolated sub-population of Blanding’s turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) in Pleasant River, Nova Scotia (codirigé par S. Mockford)
McEachern, L.  2003 The role of watersheds in determining the population structure of Blanding’s turtles (Emydoidea blandingii), a fragmented species at risk in southwestern Nova Scotia. (codirigé par D. Stewart)
Newbould, A.  2003 Feasibility of re-introducing Blanding’s turtles to the Grafton Lake area. (codirigé par S. Mockford)
Shallow, M.  1998   Turtle nest predation and predator foraging patterns in Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia.
Oickle, D.    1997   Raccoon spatial dynamics and prey interactions in Kejimkujik National Park.
McMaster, N.  1996.  Age structure, distribution, habitat selection and movement patterns of juvenile Blanding’s turtles (Emydoidea blandingii  (Holbrook)) in Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia.
McNeil, J.    1996   Post-emergent movement of hatchling Blanding’s turtles (Emydoidea blandingii. (Holbroook)) in Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia.
Mockford, S.   1996   A genetic comparison of several populations of Blanding’s turtle Emydoidea blandingii.  (codirigé par M. Snyder)
Eaton, B.    1989   An electrophoretic analysis of three populations of Blanding's Turtle (Emydoidea blandingii ).


Thèses actuellement en cours
Beckett, J. M.Sc. Paternity patterns in a disjunct population of Blanding’s turtles in Nova Scotia
Bourque, G. M.Sc. Modelling habitat of Blanding’s turtle
Camaclang, A. M.Sc. Overwintering movements and critical habitat of hatchling Blanding’s turtles; School for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie Univ. (codirigé par Martin Willison)
Caverhill, B. M.Sc. Science and stewardship of Blanding’s turtle
McKendry, K.  M.Sc.  Historical analysis of anthropogenic change in wetlands of southwestern NS; School for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie Univ.
Mockford, S. Ph.D.  Population genetic structure of Blanding’s turtles. Dalhousie Univ. (codirigé par M. Snyder et J. Wright)
Richard, M. M.Sc. Growth dynamics and recovery of Blanding’s turtle (codirigé par S. Bondrup-Nielsen)

 

Présentations à des conférences et séminaires

Résumé

2005

 

Canadian Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Network Annual Meeting, Ottawa, ON .  Accounting for variability in a population viability analysis of Nova Scotia’s Blanding’s turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) (paper, G. Bourque, T. Herman, J. A. McNeil and D. D. Hurlburt)

 

Canadian Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Network / Réseau Canadien de Conservation des Amphibiens et des Reptiles Annual Meeting, Ottawa, ON . Linking science and stewardship through public education with the Nova Scotia Blanding’s turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) (présentation orale, B. Caverhill et T. Herman)

 

Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting held jointly with the International Congress of Ecology, Montréal, QC. Examining factors influencing Blanding’s turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) detectability through trapping (présentation orale, G. Bourque et T. Herman)

 

Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting held jointly with the International Congress of Ecology, Montréal, QC. Linking Science & Stewardship in the Nova Scotia population of Blanding’s turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) (présentation orale, B. Caverhill et T. Herman) 

 

Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, London, ON. Lord of the growth rings: a fellowship between Blanding's turtles and old trees in southwestern Nova Scotia (présentation orale, M. Richard, T. Herman, S. Bondrup-Nielsen et C. Laroque)

 

2nd International Blanding’s Turtle Conference, White Point, NS .  Challenging convention: getting the science right for recovery (présentation orale, T. Herman et J. McNeil)

 

2nd International Blanding’s Turtle Conference, White Point, NS . Modeling the dispersal of neonate Blanding’s turtles (Emydoidea blandingii) in Nova Scotia (présentation orale, D. Smith)

 

2nd International Blanding’s Turtle Conference, White Point, NS .  Characterizing the aquatic overwintering sites of Blanding’s turtles in Nova Scotia (présentation orale, E. Newton, T. Herman et B. Caverhill)

 

2nd International Blanding’s Turtle Conference, White Point, NS . Influences of biotic and abiotic factors on nest success in two subpopulations of Blanding’s turtles (Emydoidea blandingii) in Nova Scotia, Canada (présentation orale, C. Vergeer)

 

2nd International Blanding’s Turtle Conference, White Point, NS . Quantification of fine scale genetic structure in a peripheral population of Blanding’s turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) in Pleasant River, Nova Scotia (présentation orale, D. Toews)

 

2nd International Blanding’s Turtle Conference, White Point, NS . Species at risk communication and outreach (présentation orale, D. Smith)

 

2nd International Blanding’s Turtle Conference, White Point, NS . Blanding’s turtle volunteer nesting program conservation in action (présentation orale, E. Alcorn)

 

2nd International Blanding’s Turtle Conference, White Point, NS .  The convergence of science, stewardship and public education in a population of Blanding’s turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) in Nova Scotia (présentation orale, B. Caverhill et T. Herman)

 

2nd International Blanding’s Turtle Conference, White Point, NS .  Lord of the growth rings: a fellowship between Blanding’s turtles and old trees in southwestern Nova Scotia (présentation orale, M. Richard, T. Herman, S. Bondrup-Nielsen et C. Laroque)

 

2nd International Blanding’s Turtle Conference, White Point, NS . Nova Scotia Blanding’s turtle data management and digital atlas (présentation orale, S.E. O’Grady)

 

2nd International Blanding’s Turtle Conference, White Point, NS .  Accounting for variability in a population viability analysis of Nova Scotia’s Blanding’s turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) (présentation orale, G. Bourque, T. Herman, J. McNeil et D. Hurlburt)

 

2nd International Blanding’s Turtle Conference, White Point, NS . Geographic distribution of genetic variation in Blanding’s turtle (présentation orale, S. Mockford, T. Herman, M. Snyder et J. Wright)

 

Congrès annuel de la Société canadienne de zoologie, Kingston, ON.  Examining factors influencing Blanding’s turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) detectability through trapping (présentation orale, G. Bourque et T. Herman)

 

Northeast Biological Graduate Student Conference, Wolfville, NS. Using innovative approaches to model occurrence of Blanding’s turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) in Nova Scotia (présentation orale, G. Bourque et T. Herman) 

 

Northeast Biological Graduate Student Conference, Wolfville, NS. Public Education & Stewardship and the Value of our Work (forum de discussion, B. Caverhill) 

 

Northeast Biological Graduate Student Conference, Wolfville, NS. Lord of the growth rings: a fellowship between Blanding's turtles and old trees in southwestern Nova Scotia (présentation orale, M. Richard)

 

2004

 

Congrès annuel de la Société canadienne de zoologie, Wolfville, NS.  Fine scale population genetic structure in a disjunct population of Blanding’s turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) in Nova Scotia, Canada (présentation orale, L. McEachern, S. Mockford et T. Herman)

 

Congrès annuel de la Société canadienne de zoologie, Wolfville, NS.  Examining the Distribution and Characterizing Overwintering Sites in Nova Scotia’s Blanding’s Turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) Population Complex (affiche, B. Caverhill, T. Herman et J. McNeil)

 

Congrès annuel de la Société canadienne de zoologie, Wolfville, NS. Reintroduction of Headstarted Blanding’s Turtle Hatchlings (Emydoidea blandingii) to the Grafton Lake Watershed, Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site, Nova Scotia (affiche, Lisa Penny et T. Herman)

 

2003

 

Musée de l’histoire naturelle de la Nouvelle-Écosse.  Conservation genetics and Blanding’s turtle in Nova Scotia (S. Mockford)

 

2002

 

Congrès annuel de la Société canadienne de zoologie, Lethbridge, Alberta.  Fine-scale genetic structure in a peripheral Blanding’s turtle metapopulation in Nova Scotia. (S. Mockford, T. Herman, J. McNeil, M. Snyder et J. Wright)

 

2000

 

COSEWIC Symposium: Species, Species Ranges and Conservation, Redpath Museum, Montreal.  Are disjunct populations of species at risk in Atlantic Canada evolutionarily significant units? (S. Boates et T. Herman)

 

1998

 

Canadian Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Network / Réseau Canadien de Conservation des Amphibiens et des Reptiles Annual Meeting, Saskatoon.  The Blanding’s turtle saga in Nova Scotia: anatomy of a recovery effort. (T. Herman)

 

International Workshop on Blanding’s Turtle, Bell Museum, Univ. Minnesota .  Recovery of a threatened Blanding’s turtle population: is headstarting a viable conservation tool? (I. Morrison, T. Herman et N. McMaster)

 

International Workshop on Blanding’s Turtle, Bell Museum, Univ. Minnesota . Movement of hatchling Blanding’s turtles (Emydoidea blandingii) in response to varying proximities to water. (J. McNeil et T. Herman)

 

International Workshop on Blanding’s Turtle, Bell Museum, Univ. Minnesota . Movements and habitat selection of juvenile Blanding’s turtles (Emydoidea blandingii) in Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia. (N. McMaster et T. Herman)

 

International Workshop on Blanding’s Turtle, Bell Museum, Univ. Minnesota . Movements and habitat selection of headstarted hatchlings in a threatened population of Blanding’s turtles (Emydoidea blandingii) in Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia. (I. Morrison, K.L. Standing et T. Herman)

 

International Workshop on Blanding’s Turtle, Bell Museum, Univ. Minnesota . A molecular approach to the study of Blanding’s turtle in Nova Scotia. (S. Mockford, T. Herman, M. Snyder et J. Wright)

 

International Workshop on Blanding’s Turtle, Bell Museum, Univ. Minnesota . Reproduction and nest success in a threatened population of Blanding’s turtle in Nova Scotia: an evaluation of the nest screening programme. (K.L. Standing, T. Herman et I. Morrison)

 

1997

 

Third Int’l Conference on Science and Management of Protected Areas, Calgary, Alberta.   Recovery of a threatened Blanding’s turtle population: linking conservation efforts in working and protected landscapes. (T. Herman, I. Morrison, J. McNeil et N. McMaster)

 

1996

 

Congrès annuel de la Société canadienne de zoologie,  St. John’s, Newfoundland.   Early post-emergent movement of hatchling Blanding's turtles. (J. McNeil et T. Herman)

 

1995

 

Congrès annuel de la Société canadienne de zoologie,  Rimouski, Québec.  Post-emergence movements in hatchling Blanding's turtles. (K.L. Standing, D. Hurlburt et T. Herman)

 

1994

 

Ecosystem Monitoring and Protected Areas- Second International Conference on Science and the Management of Protected Areas. Halifax, N.S.   The use of volunteers in ecological monitoring. (F.W. Scott et T. Herman)

 

1993

 

International Conference on Conservation, Restoration and Management of Tortoises and Turtles.  American Museum of Natural History, SUNY Purchase, NY.  Life on the edge: managing peripheral populations in a changing landscape.  (T. Herman)

 

1992

 

Fourth World Congress on National Parks and Protected Areas, Caracas, Venezuela.  Protected areas and global climate change: assessing the regional or local vulnerability of vertebrate species. (T. Herman et F.W. Scott)

 

1991

 

International Conference on Science and the Management of Protected Areas.  Wolfville, N.S.  Global change at the local level: assessing the vulnerability of vertebrate species to climatic warming. (T. Herman et F.W. Scott)

 

1989

 

Society for Conservation Biology. Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario.  Status and management of a relict population of Blanding's Turtle in N.S.  (T. Herman et T.D. Power)

 

Congrès annuel de la Société canadienne de zoologie, North York, Ontario.  Movement patterns in a relict population of Blanding's Turtle.  (T.D. Power et T. Herman)

 

1988

 

Symposium on the Acidification of Organic Waters in Kejimkujik Nat’ll Park., N.S.,  Wolfville, N.S.  Do Blanding's Turtles prefer highly coloured acid waters?  (T.D. Power, T. Herman et J. Kerekes)

 

Fifteenth Annual Natural Areas Conference. Syracuse, N.Y.  Demography and spatial dynamics in a relict population of Blanding's Turtle in Nova Scotia.  (T.D. Power et T. Herman)

 

Congrès annuel de la Société canadienne de zoologie.  Halifax, N.S.  Movement patterns and demography of a relict Blanding's Turtle (Emydoidea blandingii  (Holbrook)) population in Nova Scotia.  (T.D. Power et T. Herman)