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Raposa, K. B., & Kutcher, T. E. (2007). Home range and habitat use patterns of eastern box turtles (terrapene carolina carolina) on prudence island, rhode island Narragansett Bay Research Reserve.
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| Resource type: Report/Documentation BibTeX citation key: Raposa2007 View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Emydidae, Habitat - habitat, Nordamerika - North America, Schildkröten - turtles + tortoises, Terrapene carolina Creators: Kutcher, Raposa Publisher: Narragansett Bay Research Reserve |
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The eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) is a long-lived, terrestrial turtle that is listed as ‘Protected’ in the state of Rhode Island. Although home ranges and general habitat use patterns have been previously documented for this species, variability among different studies indicates that these parameters are site and time-specific to some degree. The goal of this study was to determine home range and habitat use patterns of box turtles on Prudence Island, RI using standard radio-tracking techniques. Turtle locations were incorporated into a geographic information system and analyzed using non-parametric statistical methods. Mean turtle home ranges varied from 1.4 to 8.3 ha depending on the method used to calculate them and were in the range reported from other studies. Box turtles used 14 different habitat types on Prudence Island but were found in red maple swamps 57% of the time. These results illustrate the value of these forested wetlands for box turtles and suggest that this habitat continue to be protected and conserved to support the box turtle population on Prudence Island in perpetuity.
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