................................................................................................................................................iii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ............................................................................................................................iv TABLE OF CONTENTS .............................................................................................................................vi LIST OF FIGURES...................................................................................................................................viii LIST OF TABLES ......................................................................................................................................xi CHAPTER 1 ................................................................................................................................................12 INTRODUCTION AND LITERATURE REVIEW...............................................................................................12 CHAPTER 2: ...............................................................................................................................................24 STUDY AREA.............................................................................................................................................24 CHAPTER 3: ...............................................................................................................................................31 METHODS AND MATERIALS ......................................................................................................................31 CHAPTER 4: ...............................................................................................................................................43 POPULATION EVALUATION AND MORPHOMETRICS..................................................................................43 CHAPTER 5 ................................................................................................................................................71 CAPTURE INFORMATION AND TRAPPING SUCCESS .................................................................................71 CHAPTER 6 ................................................................................................................................................94 HOME RANGE, SEASONAL MOVEMENTS AND HABITAT USE ...................................................................94 CHAPTER 7 ..............................................................................................................................................151 THERMAL ECOLOGY OF CLEMMYS AND GLYPTEMYS IN WEST VIRGINIA ..............................................151 CHAPTER 8 ..............................................................................................................................................193 ABNORMALITIES, INJURIES, ILLNESSES AND ECTOPARASITES..............................................................193 CHAPTER 9 ..............................................................................................................................................218 BEHAVIORAL NOTES...............................................................................................................................218 CHAPTER 10 ............................................................................................................................................226 MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS AND FUTURE RESEARCH ........................................................................226 LITERATURE CITED...............................................................................................................................228 APPENDIX I ..............................................................................................................................................235 VEGETATION OBSERVED AT THESIS SITE..............................................................................................235 APPENDIX II .............................................................................................................................................238 INCIDENTAL WILDLIFE SPECIES OBSERVED AT THESIS SITE ................................................................238