Survival and Population Structure of Blanding's Turtles (Emydoidea blandingii) in Two Suburban Chicago Forest Preserves

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 44-48

  Rubin, Cory S ^a,e,f   Warner, Richard E ^a   Ludwig, Daniel R ^b,d,g,h   Thiel, Richard ^c,i,j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Forest Preserve Dist of DuPage Co   (United States)

^c WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^d Ilinois Dept of Natural Resources   (United States)

^e U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^f US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^g ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

ⁱ Sandhill Wildlife Area   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

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Author keywords

Blanding's turtle; Chicago; Emydoidea blandingii; Mark recapture; Radio telemetry

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; CONSERVATION STATUS; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PROTECTED AREA; SURVIVAL; TURTLE;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EMYDOIDEA BLANDINGII; TESTUDINES;

EID: 1342265987     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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