Demographics of an ornate box turtle population experiencing minimal human-induced disturbances

Ecological Applications

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2171-2179

  Converse, Sarah J ^a,c   Iverson, John B ^b   Savidge, Julie A ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b EARLHAM COLLEGE   (United States)

^c PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Commercial harvest; Demographics; Human disturbance; Ornate box turtle; Population growth rate; Survival; Temporal process variance; Terrapene ornata ornata

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; DISTURBANCE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; SURVIVAL; TURTLE;

TERRAPENE; TERRAPENE ORNATA ORNATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 30844474187     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: 10510761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-0431     Document Type: Article

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