Survival and causes of mortality of head-started western pond turtles on pierce national wildlife refuge, Washington

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1402-1406

  Vander Haegen, W Matthew ^a   Clark, Steven L ^b   Perillo, Kathleen M ^b   Anderson, David P ^a   Allen, Harriet L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^b Clark College   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinemys marmorata; head starting; predation; survival; Washington State; western pond turtle

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MORTALITY; PREDATION; RADIOTELEMETRY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REFUGE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; TURTLE;

UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

ACTINEMYS MARMORATA; CLEMMYS MARMORATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77954528716     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2008-484     Document Type: Article

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