Chelonian Conservation and Biology
Chelonian Conservation and Biology (ISSN 1071-8443) – International Journal of Turtle and Tortoise Research. We are the only international scientific peer-reviewed journal of cosmopolitan and broad-based coverage of all aspects of conservation and biology of all chelonians, including freshwater turtles, marine turtles, and tortoises. The journal is edited by Anders G.J. Rhodin and Jeffrey A. Seminoff and has an Editorial Review Board of nearly 50 internationally recognized turtle research and conservation authorities.
Editors:
Jeffrey A. Seminoff, Executive Editor, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, California, USA
Jeffrey E. Lovich, Southwest Biological Science Center, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
Peter V. Lindeman, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, Pennsylvania, USA
Anders G.J. Rhodin, Founding Editor, Chelonian Research Foundation, Lunenburg, Massachusetts, USA
Associate Editors:
Luca Luiselli, Centre of Environmental Studies Demetra, Rome, Italy
Bryan Wallace, Conservation International, Arlington, Virginia, USA
Consulting Editors:
Peter C.H. Pritchard, Chelonian Research Institute, Oviedo, Florida, USA
Russell A. Mittermeier, Conservation International, Arlington, Virginia, USA
Editorial Review Board:
F. Alberto Abreu-Grobois, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México, Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico
Harold W. Avery, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Ernst H.W. Baard, Jonkershoek Nature Conservation Station, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Kristin H. Berry, U.S. Geological Survey, Riverside, California, USA
Karen A. Bjorndal, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
Roger Bour, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
Kurt A. Buhlmann, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
John L. Carr, University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, Louisiana, USA
Justin D. Congdon, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Aiken, South Carolina, USA
Indraneil Das, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia
C. Kenneth Dodd, Jr., University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
Scott A. Eckert, WIDECAST, Beaufort, North Carolina, USA
Nancy N. FitzSimmons, University of Canberra, Canberra, A.C.T., Australia
Uwe Fritz, Zoological State Museum, Dresden, Germany
J. Whitfield Gibbons, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
Matthew H. Godfrey, NC Wildlife Resources Commission, Beaufort, North Carolina, USA
Brendan J. Godley, University of Exeter in Cornwall, Penryn, United Kingdom
Sandra Hochscheid, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Napoli, Italy
Brian D. Horne, Zoological Society of San Diego, San Diego, California, USA
John B. Iverson, Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana, USA
Fredric J. Janzen, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA
Gerald Kuchling, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, W.A., Australia
Luca Luiselli, Centre of Environmental Studies Demetra, Rome, Italy
Dimitris Margaritoulis, Sea Turtle Protection Society, Athens, Greece
Yoshimasa Matsuzawa, Sea Turtle Association of Japan, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan
Anne B. Meylan, Florida Marine Research Institute, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
Peter A. Meylan, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
Nicholas Mrosovsky, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Henry R. Mushinsky, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA
Vivian P. Páez, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia
James F. Parham, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, USA
Nicolas J. Pilcher, Marine Research Foundation, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Steven G. Platt, Sul Ross State University, Alpine, Texas, USA
Richard Reina, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
H. Bradley Shaffer, University of California, Davis, California, USA
Amanda L. Southwood, University of North Caro lina, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
James R. Spotila, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Chris Tabaka, Binder Park Zoo, Battle Creek, Michigan, USA
Peter Paul van Dijk, Conservation International, Arlington, Virginia, USA
Dawn S. Wilson, Southwestern Research Station, Portal, Arizona, USA
Jeanette Wyneken, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, USA
Former CCB Editorial Board members (click here).
Volumes 1-4 (1993-2005) were published solely by Chelonian Research Foundation (CRF) and are still available for purchase as back issues from CRF and this website (click HERE). Requests for scanned pdf copies of individual articles from these past issues may be sent to Anders Rhodin (rhodincrf@aol.com).
Since Volume 5 (2006) publication has been by CRF in collaboration with Allen Press and current subscriptions (Vol. 11) and purchase of recent back issues (Vols. 5-10) are available only from their website (click HERE).
** CCB has a high Thomson Reuters ISI journal Impact Factor, currently ranked among the top 100 zoology and herpetology journals worldwide.
Since our initial issue in 1993, our worldwide distribution has grown steadily, and we currently have a circulation of about 1000 to more than 60 nations. The depth and breadth of our coverage of turtle research has also increased, and we invite you to evaluate the enclosed scientific table of contents of the issues produced so far and hope that the quality of the research entices you to subscribe. Included in the contents are the formal descriptions of three new genera and three new species of turtles, as well as articles on ecology, systematics, conservation, reproduction, sex determination, breeding and husbandry, pathology, physiology, morphology, and wildlife management. We publish about two issues per year. Every journal depends on its contributing authors, subscribing readers, and institutional libraries for its support. May we count on yours? Please consider subscribing for yourself, or encourage your institutional library to subscribe. We also invite all turtle workers to consider publishing their turtle research with us.