2016
DOI: 10.2744/ccb-1156.1
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Habitat Use by Five Turtle Species in the Middle Mississippi River

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“…This is the best resolution available and, although smaller water bodies might not be directly detected, nonetheless polygons encompass the maximum extension of different kinds of water bodies (e.g., marshes, flooding areas). Importantly, this distance to the nearest freshwater body is an indirect measure of water availability—not a measure of dispersal—hence it defines a characteristic of the fundamental niche (Anderson, Gutierrez & Romano, 2002; Braun & Phelps, 2016).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…This is the best resolution available and, although smaller water bodies might not be directly detected, nonetheless polygons encompass the maximum extension of different kinds of water bodies (e.g., marshes, flooding areas). Importantly, this distance to the nearest freshwater body is an indirect measure of water availability—not a measure of dispersal—hence it defines a characteristic of the fundamental niche (Anderson, Gutierrez & Romano, 2002; Braun & Phelps, 2016).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The environmental variable reported more often and consistently was temperature for the following five features: during eggs incubation, hatching, growth, basking, and activity periods. The proximity to freshwater bodies is another critical limit, a fundamental factor for the turtles’ survival which they depend upon to complete their life cycles, feeding and reproduction (Anderson, Gutierrez & Romano, 2002; Braun & Phelps, 2016); thus, we used the Euclidian distance to the nearest freshwater body (NearDist) as an indirect measure of water availability, as explained above. We defined a 10 km buffer for distance to water availability, considering the general 5–10 km average distance reported where turtles can explore (Cagle, 1944) and, therefore, reach freshwater bodies.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Trapping effort was consistent among sites and seasons, ranging from 27-30 trap days per trapping session. In 2020, we sampled 10 wetlands in spring (11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29) and summer (30 June to 15 July), but we did not conduct fall surveys due to low fall capture success in 2019. For each sampling session, we set 10 traps ≥ 10 m apart and sampled for 3 consecutive days, with traps checked every 24 hours.…”
Section: Turtle Abundance Samplingmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Wetland-level factors such as turbidity, pH, dissolved oxygen, and vegetative cover can directly in uence assemblages of biotic communities such as sh (Brazner and At the local scale, wetland-level factors such as size (i.e., perimeter, depth, and surface area) and structure (e.g., herbaceous cover and substrate) affect turtle populations as they can provide habitat for food (Zadnik et al 2009, Anderson et al 2013a, Hughes et al 2016), temperature regulation (DonnerWright et al 1999), and predator evasion (Ernst and Lovich 2009). Canopy cover can also in uence turtle abundance (Braun and Phelps 2016), where regularly basking species such as painted turtles tend to favor habitats with decreased canopy cover (Cosentino et al 2010). Although snapping turtles are less likely to bask, changes in canopy cover could in uence habitat preferences (Rizkalla and Swihart 2006, Attum et al 2008, Aresco 2009.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%