Terrestrial activity and habitat selection of eastern mud turtles (Kinosternon subrubrum) in a fragmented landscape: Implications for habitat management of golf courses and other suburban environments

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 1, 2009, Pages 78-84

  Harden, Leigh Anne ^a,b   Price, Steven J ^a,c   Dorcas, Michael E ^a  

^a DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GOLF COURSE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE; RADIOTELEMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUBURBAN AREA; TURTLE; URBANIZATION; VEGETATION; WOODY DEBRIS;

NORTH AMERICA; PIEDMONT [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; KINOSTERNON SUBRUBRUM; KINOSTERNON SUBRUBRUM SUBRUBRUM; TESTUDINES;

EID: 62249090242     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CH-08-037     Document Type: Article

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