Urban hazards: spatial ecology and survivorship of a turtle in an expanding suburban environment

BO Ferronato, JH Roe, A Georges - Urban ecosystems, 2016 - Springer
Urbanization poses a threat to long-lived vertebrates, particularly from road mortalities that
can threaten population persistence. We studied movements, behavior and survivorship in a …

Life in the suburbs: behavior and survival of a freshwater turtle in response to drought and urbanization

M Rees, JH Roe, A Georges - Biological Conservation, 2009 - Elsevier
Urbanization fundamentally alters the abiotic and biotic components of landscapes,
presenting wildlife with serious challenges to which they must respond in order to avoid …

Suburbs: dangers or drought refugia for freshwater turtle populations?

JH Roe, M Rees, A Georges - The Journal of Wildlife …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Urbanization is one of the most rapidly expanding forms of habitat alteration worldwide.
Wildlife differs in their responses to urbanization depending upon species and site‐specific …

Estimating the effects of road mortality on turtle populations

JP Gibbs, WG Shriver - Conservation Biology, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Road mortality is suspected to have contributed to widespread population declines in turtles
in the United States, a country with exceptionally high turtle diversity. We examined the issue …

Survival and recruitment of semi-aquatic turtles in an urbanized region

EA Eskew, SJ Price, ME Dorcas - Urban Ecosystems, 2010 - Springer
Turtles are long-lived organisms that require high survivorship to maintain stable
populations. Additionally, turtles are thought to be particularly susceptible to negative effects …

Home ranges of box turtles in a rural woodland and an urban park in Saint Louis, MO; implications for turtle conservation

S Blake, J Palmer, M Brenn-White, SL Deem - Urban Ecosystems, 2023 - Springer
The negative consequences of fragmentation, infrastructure development, and urbanization
on biodiversity are well known. However, careful urban planning can provide viable habitat …

Movement and habitat use of two aquatic turtles (Graptemys geographica and Trachemys scripta) in an urban landscape

TJ Ryan, CA Conner, BA Douthitt, SC Sterrett… - Urban …, 2008 - Springer
Our study focuses on the spatial ecology and seasonal habitat use of two aquatic turtles in
order to understand the manner in which upland habitat use by humans shapes the aquatic …

Population structure and movements of freshwater turtles across a road-density gradient

DA Patrick, JP Gibbs - Landscape Ecology, 2010 - Springer
Understanding interactions between roadways and population structure and movements of
wildlife is key to mitigating “road effects” associated with increasing urbanization of the …

Responses of an Australian freshwater turtle to drought‐flood cycles along a natural to urban gradient

BO Ferronato, JH Roe, A Georges - Austral Ecology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Urban areas provide habitat for numerous native species, but life in towns and cities
presents many challenges. The effect of climate on the ecology and the behaviour of non …

Effects of urbanization on the population structure of freshwater turtles across the United States

DR Bowne, BJ Cosentino, LJ Anderson… - Conservation …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Landscape‐scale alterations that accompany urbanization may negatively affect the
population structure of wildlife species such as freshwater turtles. Changes to nesting sites …