https://senseofplace.pub/2026/06/04/within-the-box-habitat-mosaics-moisture-and-the-seasonal-lives-of-eastern-box-turtles/Sense of Placeen2026-06-04T04:06:58+00:00Within the Box: Habitat Mosaics, Moisture, and the Seasonal Lives of Eastern Box TurtlesPiedmont, North Carolina, nature, reptiles, natural history, wetlands, sense of place, forest ecology, Eastern Box Turtle, Terrapene carolina, Box Turtles, Herpetology, Emydidae, Nature Writing, Woodland Box Turtle, Terrapene carolina carolina, Turtle Conservation, Wildlife Ecology, Habitat Use, Habitat Selection, Habitat Mosaics, Hibernacula, Woodland Ecology, Wildlife Habitat, Microhabitat, Turtle Microhabitat, Ectotherms, Turtle Habitat, Brambles, Turtle Hibernation, North Carolina Piedmont, Turtle Thermoregulation, Leaf Litter, Conservation Ecology, North Carolina Wildlife, Coarse Woody Debris, Moisture