# Talk:Wood turtle

That first picture is NOT a North American Wood Turtle.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.55.225.145 (talk) 21:24, 3 September 2015 (UTC) 

The name on the picture is an old synonym.  Dger (talk) 01:04, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

Wood Turtle Bibliography:
1.) Pearse, D.E., and J. C. Avise. "Turtle Mating Systems: Behavior, Sperm, Storage, and Genetic Paternity." Journal Of Heredity 92.2 (2001): 206-11.
2.) Buckinski, Amber. "American Wood Turtle." The Virtual Nature Trail At Penn State New Kensington. Pennsylvania State University , 2002. 12 Feb. 2017.
3.) Walde, Andrew D., J. Roger Bider, Claude Daigle, Denis Masse, Jean-CLaude Bourgeois, Jacques Jutras, and Rodger D. Titman. 2003. Ecological aspects of a Wood Turtle, Glyptemys insculpta, population at the northern limit of its range in Quebec. Canadian Field-Naturalist 117(3): 377-388.
4.) Hughes, Geoffrey N., William F. Greaves, and Jacqueline D. Litzgus. "Nest-Site Selection by Wood Turtles ( Glyptemys insculpta ) in a Thermally Limited Environment." Northeastern Naturalist 16.3 (2009): 321-38. BioOne. 12 Feb. 2017.
5.) Mccoard, Kathryn R.p., Anthony A. Billings, and James T. Anderson. "Wood Turtle Home Range and Habitat Use in the Central Appalachians." Chelonian Conservation and Biology 15.2 (2016): 173-80. BioOne. 12 Feb. 2017.
6.) Protection, Department Of Environmental. "DEEP: Wood Turtle Fact Sheet." DEEP: Wood Turtle Fact Sheet. 12 Feb. 2017.
7.) "North American Wood Turtle - Glyptemys insculpta - Overview." Encyclopedia of Life. 13 Feb. 2017.
8.) Harding, James. "Glyptemys insculpta ((North American) Wood Turtle)." Animal Diversity Web. University of Michigan, 2013. 13 Feb. 2017.
9.) Castellano, Christina Marie. Ecology and Conservation of the Wood Turtle, Glyptemys insculpta, at Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. Thesis. Fordham University, 2003. Ann Arbor: UMI Microform, 2003.
10.) "Reptiles and Amphibians of Virginia." Wood Turtle (Glyptemys insculpta). 13 Feb. 2017.
Jenniehorstmann (talk) 18:10, 13 February 2017 (UTC)Jennie Horseman
Wood Turtle Peer Review: 
1.	Global Edits
I like the organization of the article, I thought the order of your information made logical sense.
I would double check with the “life cycle” portion of the page that is already written because I feel that there may be some overlapping information that you can consolidate or expand on in that section rather than in your own heading part
Im not sure if “Wood Turtles” is already a page, but if not then remember a title! 
I thought that the male dominance hierarchy increasing individual’s fitness section could be expanded. I am interested to know more about this, and I feel that it is very much related to our course, and should be emphasized more if possible! Maybe provide a specific example of what a fight match might look like
Overall, I think that some of your sentence structuring makes it hard to follow (and there are a few grammar errors throughout the page, which is to be expected in a draft!) An example of something that could be more clearly stated is: Multiple paternity is when offspring have genetic traits from more than one male father, and this phenomenon is exhibited by many freshwater and marine water turtles. Specifically for the freshwater wood turtle species, multiple paternity patterns have been evident by DNA fingerprinting in populations and results in benefits for females. Female benefits for multiple matings include nuptial gifts and increased genetic diversity of offspring.[4]
This might be better if you expanded on what DNA fingerprinteing and nuptial gifts are for those who are unaware (which may be many reading this page). 
I really like the detailed headings, it tells me exactly what I am about to read which I appreciate! 
2.	Local edits
These might include a few suggestions for wording, or where additional citations are needed. These should not be the focus of your review, as the wording will change dramatically when the authors address your global edits.
Local edits: 
As I mentioned, there are a few spelling and grammatical errors, so just be aware of those as you read through and edit your page again. 
Citations I would add/include: 
-	In Wood turtle female nest preparation and location
Due to a lack of parental care, the location and quality of the nest site determine the survival and overall fitness of the offspring. Researches have analyzed which type of locations are preferred and increase survival for the offspring, in regards to soil temperature and composition.
-	In multiple paternity patterns within wood turtle populations
Multiple paternity is when offspring have genetic traits from more than one male father, and this phenomenon is exhibited by many freshwater and marine water turtles. Specifically for the freshwater wood turtle species, multiple paternity patterns have been evident by DNA fingerprinting in populations and results in benefits for females.
Beesbewithyou (talk) 19:14, 17 March 2017 (UTC)Beesbewithyou
Thank you for your suggestions. I agree with you on clarifying the multiple paternity section. I did find more research on fingerprinting techniques for turtles and how paternity is determined in turtle populations, so I added more information and a reference in that section.
I also plan on cleaning up the grammatical errors in my next draft. Jenniehorstmann (talk) 20:10, 20 March 2017 (UTC)Jennie Horstmann

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Mating Behaviour on its own is not notable as it lacks WP:SIGCOV in secondary sources, as the WP:GNG requires. However, this content would be relevant in the main article. TheMagikCow (T) (C) 20:33, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

Merge - no independent notability, but nice research which can be included in the target article. Onel5969 TT me 21:17, 20 March 2017 (UTC)