Effects of landscape composition, habitat features, and nest distribution on predation rates of simulated turtle nests

Biological Conservation

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 243-251

  Marchand, M N ^a   Litvaitis, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat fragmentation; Landscape composition; Spatial scale; Turtle nest predation

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; NEST PREDATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TURTLE;

CHRYSEMYS; CHRYSEMYS PICTA; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; TESTUDINES;

EID: 1642320459     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2003.07.003     Document Type: Article

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