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Modern-day African softshell turtles have less diverse diets than their ancient counterparts, with human-driven agriculture and carrion likely shaping their change in foraging

02.11.26 | PLOS

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Stable isotope evidence of anthropocene disruption in African softshell turtle foraging
A big softshell turtle; image taken at Dalaman. Credit: Willemien de Kock, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Modern-day African softshell turtles have less diverse diets than their ancient counterparts, with human-driven agriculture and carrion likely shaping their change in foraging

Article URL : https://plos.io/4k8K2kF

Article title: Stable isotope evidence of anthropocene disruption in African softshell turtle foraging

Author countries: The Netherlands, Denmark, U.K., Italy, U.S., Türkiye.

Funding: The first author received support from the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network SeaChanges, funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 813383), and from the Netherlands Sectorplan Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH, 2022). This study was funded by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) Ecology Fund under grant number KNAWWF/747/ECO2021-17. There was no additional external funding received for this study.

PLOS One

10.1371/journal.pone.0339589

Stable isotope evidence of anthropocene disruption in African softshell turtle foraging

11-Feb-2026

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Keywords

Animals Reptiles

Article Information

Journal
PLOS One
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0339589
Article Publication Date
2026-02-11
Article Title
Stable isotope evidence of anthropocene disruption in African softshell turtle foraging
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Contact Information

Hanna Abdallah
PLOS
onepress@plos.org

How to Cite This Article

APA:
PLOS. (2026, February 11). Modern-day African softshell turtles have less diverse diets than their ancient counterparts, with human-driven agriculture and carrion likely shaping their change in foraging. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/12DRRR21/modern-day-african-softshell-turtles-have-less-diverse-diets-than-their-ancient-counterparts-with-human-driven-agriculture-and-carrion-likely-shaping-their-change-in-foraging.html
MLA:
"Modern-day African softshell turtles have less diverse diets than their ancient counterparts, with human-driven agriculture and carrion likely shaping their change in foraging." Brightsurf News, Feb. 11 2026, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/12DRRR21/modern-day-african-softshell-turtles-have-less-diverse-diets-than-their-ancient-counterparts-with-human-driven-agriculture-and-carrion-likely-shaping-their-change-in-foraging.html.