Pressures of rapid development continue to increase, and recreational activities are
becoming a prominent driving force in many urban wildlife communities. Freshwater turtles …

The presence of human activity near freshwater turtle habitat can have a negative impact on
a range of turtle behaviors. We assessed whether human use of a recreational trail had an …

Urbanization of riparian corridors may alter or eliminate suitable freshwater turtle basking
habitat due to fragmentation of shoreline vegetation, reduction of basking sites, or frequent …

Considerable recent attention has focused on how human disturbance alters the behaviour
of imperiled taxa. Data on such impacts are common for waterfowl, marine mammals, and …

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 …

Basking is common in emydid turtles and is generally accepted to be a thermoregulatory
behavior. In 2004, we quantified and described the basking behavior of turtles in the Central …

The effect of human disturbance on wildlife is of increasing interest because of the growing
use of wildlands by humans for recreation. Few studies have documented the effect of …

In order to effectively manage urban habitats, it is important to incorporate the spatial
ecology and habitat use of the species utilizing them. Our previous studies have shown that …

There is increasing recognition of the importance of incorporating detection probabilities in
herpetological surveys (MacKenzie et al. 2002, Mazzerolle et al. 2007). This information is …

We examined habitat selection by the painted turtle (Chrysemys picta marginata) and
common map turtle (Graptemys geographica) in the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge, Ohio …