Survival of the western pond turtle (Emys marmorata) in an urban California environment

Biological Conservation

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 257-267

  Spinks, Phillip Q ^a,b   Pauly, Gregory B ^a   Crayon, John J ^c   Shaffer, H Bradley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Turtle Bay Museum and Arboretum   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clemmys marmorata; Competition; Emys marmorata; Headstart; Introduced species; Red eared slider; Trachemys scripta elegans; Urban waterway; Western pond turtle

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ACTIVITY; POPULATION DECLINE; SURVIVAL; TURTLE; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

CLEMMYS; CLEMMYS MARMORATA; EMYS MARMORATA; TESTUDINES; TRACHEMYS; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA ELEGANS;

EID: 0038546999     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(02)00392-0     Document Type: Article

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