1983/09/01 by Ross D. MacCulloch, D. M. Secoy · 2 citations
Environmental Science · #Turtle Biology and Conservation #Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation #Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
paper · doi:10.2307/1563834
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Study of movement, whether in migratory or relatively stationary populations of turtles, can provide insight into habitat utilization by a species. Undisturbed movement in pond or lake populations of Chrysemys picta has been discussed in a number of studies (Gibbons, 1968; Mallet, 1975; McAuliffe, 1978; Pearse, 1923; Sexton, 1959). Movement after displacement in this species has been examined by Ernst (1970), Ream (1967) and Williams (1952). Movement of river populations has not been studied in C. picta, but has been in Pseudemys scripta (Moll and Legler, 1971), Trionyx muticus (Plummer and Shirer, 1975) and Graptemys pseudogeographica and G. ouachitensis (Vogt, 1980). Most studies of the movement of individuals or