The conservation implications of riparian land use on river turtles

Animal Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 38-46

  Sterrett, S C ^a,b   Smith, L L ^a   Golladay, S W ^a   Schweitzer, S H ^b   Maerz, J C ^b  

^a JOSEPH W JONES ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Flint river basin; Graptemys barbouri; Land use; Reptile; River turtle assemblage; Trachemys scripta

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FOREST COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; NATURE CONSERVATION; RIPARIAN FOREST; TURTLE;

FLINT BASIN; GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

DERMATEMYDIDAE; GRAPTEMYS BARBOURI; PSEUDEMYS CONCINNA; REPTILIA; STERNOTHERUS MINOR; TESTUDINES; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA;

EID: 79951571064     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2010.00394.x     Document Type: Article

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