@article{burke_effects_2024,
	title = {The {Effects} of {Plastic} and {Metal} {Predator} {Excluders} on {Diamondback} {Terrapin} ({Malaclemys} {Terrapin}) {Nest} {Temperatures}, {Hatching} {Success}, and {Proxies} of {Hatchling} {Sex}},
	volume = {3},
	doi = {10.33552/SJBLS.2024.03.000569},
	abstract = {Turtles are among the most threatened vertebrate groups, and conservation efforts to protect turtle populations commonly include the use of predator excluders to protect nests. There is a wide diversity of excluder designs and methodologies, and their potential effects on incubation conditions are little explored. Conservation efforts could benefit from analyses indicating which excluder design has the least effect on incubation conditions, and thus how to minimize effects on hatchling success, sex ratios and hatchling survivorship. We tested the effects of two commonly used predator excluder designs on Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) nests in Jamaica Bay, New York. We measured nest temperatures throughout the incubation period and focused on the temperature sensitive period, when hatchling sex is determined. We found that the predator excluders had no effect on the temperature at which the nest were incubated or hatching success, and thus can be used with confidence.},
	language = {en},
	number = {4},
	journal = {Scientific Journal of Biology \& Life Sciences},
	author = {Burke, Russell L and Eugene, Adriana M},
	year = {2024},
	pages = {2024. SJBLS. MS.ID.000569},
}

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