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<url><loc>https://senseofplace.pub/2026/06/30/opening-the-box-the-eastern-box-turtle-and-the-forest-floor-food-web/</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Sense of Place</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-30T12:29:45+00:00</news:publication_date><news:title>Opening the Box: The Eastern Box Turtle and the Forest-Floor Food Web</news:title><news:keywords>nature, wildlife, plant, reptiles, natural history, ecology, sense of place, ecosystem services, Eastern Box Turtle, Box Turtles, Woodland Box Turtle, Terrapene carolina carolina, Turtle Conservation, Wildlife Ecology, Hibernacula, Microhabitat, Leaf Litter, Coarse Woody Debris, Habitat Connectivity, Landscape Ecology, Robin Wall Kimmerer, The Serviceberry, Forest Floor, Reciprocity, Gifts of Nature, Carrion, Omnivory, Resting Forms, Nesting Ecology, Food Webs, Forest-Floor Food Web, Nutrient Movement, Decomposition</news:keywords></news:news></url></urlset>
