Turtle and Tortoise Newsletter - VET-MAGAZIN.com

Turtle and Tortoise NewsletterEditorsHeather J. KalbAllen SalzbergDepartment of Biology 67-87 Booth Street, #5bWest Chester UniversityForest Hills, New York 11375 USAWest Chester, Pennsylvania 19382 USA Phone: (718) 275-2190Phone and Fax: (610) 430-0442 Fax: (718) 275-3307Email: hjkalbttn@aol.comEmail: asalzberg@nyc.rr.comConsulting EditorsAnders G. J. RhodinPeter C.H. PritchardChelonian Research FoundationChelonian Research Institute168 Goodrich Street 401 South Central Ave.Lunenburg, Massachusetts 01462 USAOviedo, Florida 32765 USAJohn L. BehlerRussell A. MittermeierWildlife Conservation SocietyConservation International185th St. and Southern Blvd. 2501 M. Street NW. Suite 200Bronx, New York 10460 USAWashington, D.C. 20037 USATurtle and Tortoise Newsletter (TTN) is also available online at theChelonian Research Foundation Web Site TURTLE AND TORTOISE NEWSLETTER (ISSN 1526-3096) is an international newsletter dedicated to providing an openforum for the timely exchange of information on freshwater / terrestrial turtle and tortoise conservation and biology issues.It incorporates and merges the previous publications of the Newsletter of the IUCN Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle SpecialistGroup and the Box Turtle Research and Conservation Newsletter.Submissions are welcome from any source or individual and are in no manner limited to Specialist Group members. Articlesmay cover any aspects of turtle and tortoise news or research, with a preference for conservation or biology. TTN focuses onfreshwater and terrestrial turtles and tortoises; items dealing with sea turtles should be directed to Marine Turtle Newsletter,an independent and separate publication. Of particular interest to TTN are news items and preliminary research or fieldreports dealing with conservation biology, population status and trends, human exploitation or conservation managementissues, community conservation initiatives and projects, legal and trade issues, conservation and development threats,geographic distribution, natural history, ecology, reproduction, morphology, captive propagation, and husbandry. Newsnotes,announcements, commentaries, and reviews of interest to the turtle conservation and research community are also welcome.Submissions will not be peer-reviewed, but minor review and final acceptance for publication is at the discretion of theEditorial Staff. Submit material directly to either H. Kalb or A. Salzberg at the addresses above.TTN will be published approximately quarterly or periodically as the need arises by Chelonian Research Foundation withadditional support provided by Conservation International. Institutional association also includes the IUCN/SSC Tortoiseand Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group, Chelonian Research Institute, Wildlife Conservation Society, Chelonia Institute,AZA Chelonian Advisory Group, and IUCN (The World Conservation Union) - Species Survival Commission. All opinionsexpressed are explicitly those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Editorial Staff or any of the AssociatedInstitutions.TURTLE AND TORTOISE NEWSLETTER is available in hardcopy by request from Chelonian Research Foundation, 168Goodrich Street, Lunenburg, MA 01462 USA (Phone: 978-582-9668; Fax: 978-582-6279; E-mail: RhodinCRF@aol.com) and inelectronic form online at the Chelonian Research Foundation Web Site (http://www.chelonian.org). Distribution of thenewsletter is free of charge, but donations for financial support are gratefully accepted. A donation form appears on theback inside cover of the newsletter. Chelonian Research Foundation, founded in 1992, is a private, nonprofit tax-exemptorganization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Copyright 2001 by Chelonian Research Foundation.