Role of Trachemys scripta elegans in polystome (Platyhelminthes, Monogenea, Polystomatidae) spillover and spillback following the trade of freshwater turtles in southern Europe and North America
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DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2025022
Abstract: The red-eared slider, Trachemys scripta elegans (Wied, 1938), has been introduced worldwide, partly because of the exotic pet trade in the 1980s and 1990s. When T. s. elegans is released or escapes into natural environments,… read more here.
Keywords: north america; trachemys scripta; scripta elegans; spillback ... See more keywords
Distinct metabolic responses to thermal stress between invasive freshwater turtle Trachemys scripta elegans and native freshwater turtles in China.
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DOI: 10.1111/1749-4877.12804
Abstract: Different responses or tolerance to thermal stress between invasive and native species can affect the outcome of interactions between climate change and biological invasion. However, knowledge about the physiological mechanisms that modulate the interspecific differences… read more here.
Keywords: thermal stress; responses thermal; stress; scripta elegans ... See more keywords