The effects of flooding on the spatial ecology of spotted turtles (Clemmys guttata) in a partially mined peatland

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 2, 2012, Pages 179-190

  Yagi, Katharine T ^a   Litzgus, Jacqueline D ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOTELEMETRY; BOG; DRAINAGE NETWORK; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FLOOD; FLOODING; GIS; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT SELECTION; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MINING; MOVEMENT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PEATLAND; RANGE SIZE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RODENT; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TURTLE;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

ANIMALIA; CASTOR CANADENSIS; CLEMMYS GUTTATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84863792294     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CE-11-106     Document Type: Article

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