Defining priorities is important both in research and in conservation, especially when
knowledge gaps are hindering successful management. In this review, we quantify the …

Résumé Le présent travail analyse les études de l'organisation des communautés de
tortues terrestres afin d'examiner les principaux patterns de partage des ressources et de …

Comparisons of sympatric reptile species were used to assess the variation in niche overlap
for food between potential competitors at different trophic levels. Omnivorous tortoises and …

An indirect assessment of the effects of oil pollution on the diversity and functioning of turtle
communities in the Niger Delta, Nigeria.—There are many documented cases of oil spillage …

Global assessment of conservation threats to several taxonomic groups are urgently needed
for species living in regions of the world where field research is curtailed by logistic or …

The diet of sympatric freshwater turtles was studied at two study areas in the Niger Delta
(southern Nigeria), to test whether oil pollution affects the ecological relationships between …

Despite increasing pressures on freshwater resources worldwide, and the threatened status
of most freshwater turtles, there is still limited knowledge of habitat use and niche …

Hinge-back tortoises are actively hunted by human populations in sub-Saharan Africa, and
are currently threatened in wide areas of their ranges. The wide wetlands and moist …

Resource partitioning, the division of limited resources by species to help avoid competition,
has been observed in freshwater turtle assemblages in several natural systems but has …

Two species of cobras (Naja melanoleuca and Naja nigricollis) are known to occur in south
eastern Nigeria, where much of the pristine rainforest surface has been felled in the last …