Home range and habitat selection of bog turtles in southwestern Virginia

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 853-860

  Carter, Shawn L ^a,b   Haas, Carola A ^b   Mitchell, Joseph C ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

Bog turtle; Clemmys muhlenbergii; Cluster analysis; Compositional analysis; Conservation; Habitat selection; Home range; Microhabitat; Radiotelemetry; Virginia; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; HABITAT SELECTION; HOME RANGE; TURTLE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

ALNUS SERRULATA; BETULACEAE; CLEMMYS MUHLENBERGII; EMYDIDAE; SCIRPUS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0032801572     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802798     Document Type: Article

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