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Turtles and Tortoises Are in Trouble

2020; Elsevier BV; Volume: 30; Issue: 12 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.cub.2020.04.088

1879-0445

Craig B. Stanford, John B. Iverson, Anders G. J. Rhodin, Peter Paul van Dijk, Russell A. Mittermeier, Gerald Kuchling, Kristin H. Berry, Alberto Bertolero, Karen A. Bjorndal, Torsten Blanck, Kurt A. Buhlmann, Russell L. Burke, Justin D. Congdon, Tomas Diagne, Taylor Edwards, Carla C. Eisemberg, Josh R. Ennen, Germán Forero‐Medina, Matt Frankel, Uwe Fritz, Natalia Gallego‐García, Arthur Georges, J. Whitfield Gibbons, Shiping Gong, Eric V. Goode, Haitao Shi, Ha Hoang, Margaretha D. Hofmeyr, Brian D. Horne, Rick Hudson, James O. Juvik, Ross A. Kiester, Patricia Koval, Minh Đức Lê, Peter V. Lindeman, Jeffrey E. Lovich, Luca Luiselli, Timothy E. M. McCormack, George A. Meyer, Vivian P. Páez, Kalyar Platt, Steven G. Platt, Peter C. H. Pritchard, Hugh R. Quinn, Willem M. Roosenburg, Jeffrey A. Seminoff, H. Bradley Shaffer, Ricky‐John Spencer, James U. Van Dyke, Richard C. Vogt, Andrew D. Walde,

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Turtles and tortoises (chelonians) have been integral components of global ecosystems for about 220 million years and have played important roles in human culture for at least 400,000 years. The chelonian shell is a remarkable evolutionary adaptation, facilitating success in terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems. Today, more than half of the 360 living species and 482 total taxa (species and subspecies combined) are threatened with extinction. This places chelonians among the groups with the highest extinction risk of any sizeable vertebrate group. Turtle populations are declining rapidly due to habitat loss, consumption by humans for food and traditional medicines and collection for the international pet trade. Many taxa could become extinct in this century. Here, we examine survival threats to turtles and tortoises and discuss the interventions that will be needed to prevent widespread extinction in this group in coming decades.