Population structure and movements of freshwater turtles across a road-density gradient

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 791-801

  Patrick, David A ^a   Gibbs, James P ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat resistance; Interpond movement; Road density; Sex ratio; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIOMASS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MORTALITY; MOVEMENT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; ROAD; SEX RATIO; TURTLE; URBANIZATION;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

CHELYDRA SERPENTINA; CHELYDRA SERPENTINA SERPENTINA; CHELYDRIDAE; CHRYSEMYS PICTA PICTA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77952742570     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-010-9459-0     Document Type: Article

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