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Lavoie, L., Burns, E., Burns, C., Sloop, K., Rucker, J., Bell, W., & Bell, T. , Population survey of eastern box turtles prior to a silviculture clear-cut. Paper presented at Third Box Turtle Conservation Workshop.
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| Resource type: Proceedings Article BibTeX citation key: Lavoie2007 View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Emydidae, Ernährung = nutrition, Habitat = habitat, Nordamerika = North America, Schildkröten = turtles + tortoises, Terrapene, Terrapene carolina Creators: Bell, Bell, Burns, Burns, Lavoie, Rucker, Sloop Collection: Third Box Turtle Conservation Workshop |
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In 2006 researchers at the Clinch River Environmental Studies Organization (CRESO) began a population study of the eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) in order to assess the impact of a silvicultural clear-cut. The study site, located in Oak Ridge, TN, is owned and managed by the University of Tennessee Forest Resource Research and Education Center. We systematically searched the pre-logging area in 50 square meter plots and beginning in July of 2006 dogs (Boykin Spaniels) were used to hunt for turtles. The above combination of techniques has resulted in a total of 367 captures (342 by dog and 25 by people) and the use of dogs has enabled us to obtain a better estimate of population size and age structure in our sample. Radiotelemetry was used to determine home-ranges, hibernation sites, reproductive behavior and resource use. Radiotelemetry has also provided information to help define the boundaries of our post-logging search effort outside of the clear-cut area. Observations of turtle behavior in our study suggest that certain trees affected with wet-wood disease, a bacteria infection affecting the cambium, are sometimes used as an energetic resource by turtles; an observation previously undocumented in the literature.
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