Fire ecology of the Florida box turtle (Terrapene Carolina bauri Taylor) in Pine Rockland forests of the lower Florida keys

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 254-260

  Platt, Steven G ^a   Liu, Hong ^b   Borg, Christopher K ^b,c  

^a SUL ROSS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TALL TIMBERS RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Box turtle; disturbance; fire intensity; fire mortality; land management; prescribed burning; Terrapene carolina bauri

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; LAND MANAGEMENT; MORTALITY; PRESCRIBED BURNING; REFUGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL; TURTLE;

BIG PINE KEY; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA KEYS; UNITED STATES;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS CLAVIUM; TERRAPENE; TERRAPENE CAROLINA; TERRAPENE CAROLINA BAURI; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77955221338     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3375/043.030.0301     Document Type: Article

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