{"id":8814,"date":"2024-01-29T14:19:39","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T13:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.caribaea.org\/?page_id=8814"},"modified":"2026-02-17T09:58:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T08:58:29","slug":"devimtor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.caribaea.org\/en\/our-projects\/research-and-education-programs\/devimtor\/","title":{"rendered":"DEVIMTOR Project"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"Full title:<\/strong> Demography and assessment of the impact of invasive alien freshwater turtles in the French West Indies – DEVIMTOR<\/p>\n

Aims<\/strong>: To study the demography and diet of three invasive exotic freshwater turtles.<\/p>\n

Location:<\/strong> Guadeloupe and Martinique<\/p>\n

Dates:<\/strong> 2024-2026<\/p>\n

Summary:<\/strong> The aim of the project is to study three species of invasive freshwater turtles in Guadeloupe and Martinique: the African slider (Pelusios castaneus<\/em>), the Antillean slider (Trachemys stejnegeri<\/em>) and the Yellow-bellied slider turtle (Trachemys scripta<\/em>). It is based on various techniques, such as the analysis of environmental DNA to estimate the spatial distribution of the species, genetic analyses of their diet, and the use of telemetry methods to collect data to assess the influence of various factors, particularly anthropogenic ones, on the spatial expansion of these turtle populations. This project is being carried out with the financial support of the Office fran\u00e7ais de la biodiversit\u00e9 (OFB), the Office de l’Eau (ODE) from Martinique and the Office de l’Eau (ODE) from Guadeloupe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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