Habitat selection and movement patterns of spotted turtles (Clemmys guttata): Effects of spatial and temporal scales of analyses

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 1, 2010, Pages 86-96

  Rasmussen, Megan L ^a   Litzgus, Jacqueline D ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HOME RANGE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MICROHABITAT; MOVEMENT; NESTING; RADIOTELEMETRY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; TURTLE;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE HURON;

CLEMMYS GUTTATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77749270522     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CE-09-141     Document Type: Article

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