Identifying road mortality threat at multiple spatial scales for semi-aquatic turtles

F Beaudry, PG deMaynadier, ML Hunter Jr - Biological Conservation, 2008 - Elsevier
Prioritizing sites for localized mitigation measures, and forecasting the effect of interventions
on an endangered population, requires an understanding of the spatial scales at which …

Is the future female for turtles? Climate change and wetland configuration predict sex ratios of a freshwater species

HP Roberts, LL Willey, MT Jones… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change and land‐use change are leading drivers of biodiversity decline, affecting
demographic parameters that are important for population persistence. For example …

Home Range and Seasonal Activity of Southern Spotted Turtles (Clemmys guttata): Implications for Management

JD Litzgus, TA Mousseau - Copeia, 2004 - meridian.allenpress.com
Abstract Information about animal movement patterns is critical to understanding their
ecology, and such information is essential to the design of conservation plans for threatened …

Long-term turtle declines: protected is a verb, not an outcome

HJ Howell, RH Legere Jr, DS Holland, RA Seigel - Copeia, 2019 - meridian.allenpress.com
Long-term studies on wildlife populations are necessary to track population abundance and
shifts in demography over time, yet such studies are difficult to plan, fund, and conduct and …

Using long-term data and a stage-classified matrix to assess conservation strategies for an endangered turtle (Clemmys guttata)

JJ Enneson, JD Litzgus - Biological Conservation, 2008 - Elsevier
Reptiles are in decline globally, and one-third of turtle species are considered endangered
or vulnerable. Conservation of turtles presents special challenges, as turtles are long-lived …

Do freshwater turtles use rainfall to increase nest success?

GA Geller, JS Doody, S Clulow… - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Rainfall following turtle nest construction has long been believed to increase nest survival by
its effects on reducing the location cues used by nest predators. However, it is unclear if this …

Density, habitat use, movements, and conservation of spotted turtles (Clemmys guttata) in Massachusetts

JC Milam, SM Melvin - Journal of Herpetology, 2001 - JSTOR
We estimated population densities, home ranges, habitat use, and seasonal movement
patterns of spotted turtles (Clemmys guttata), at two sites in central Massachusetts by radio …

The effects of road mortality on small, isolated turtle populations

HJ Howell, RA Seigel - Journal of Herpetology, 2019 - meridian.allenpress.com
Roads impact wildlife in a variety of direct and indirect ways. Roads may act as barriers to
dispersal, lead to decreasing population size and genetic diversity, change animal behavior …

How to measure a turtle.

JB IVERSON, EL LEWIS - Herpetological Review, 2018 - search.ebscohost.com
The article examines the various methods for measuring carapace and plastron lengths in
turtles, emphasizing the need for standardized techniques due to variability in methods …

Phenology and ecology of hibernation in spotted turtles (Clemmys guttata) near the northern limit of their range

JD Litzgus, JP Costanzo, RJ Brooks… - Canadian Journal of …, 1999 - cdnsciencepub.com
Using mark-recapture techniques, temperature-sensitive radio transmitters, and miniature
temperature data loggers we investigated the hibernation ecology of northern temperate …