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DOI	10.3389/fvets.2019.00412
	Mortality in Three-Toed Box Turtles (Terrapene mexicana triunguis) at Two Sites in Missouri
	Palmer, Jamie L.; Brenn-White, Maris; Blake, Stephen; Deem, Sharon L.
通讯作者	Palmer, JL (corresponding author), St Louis Zoo, Inst Conservat Med, St Louis, MO 63110 USA.
来源期刊	FRONTIERS IN VETERINARY SCIENCE
EISSN	2297-1769
出版年	2019
卷号	6
英文摘要	Once ubiquitous, North American box turtles are experiencing reductions in abundance and range, but the magnitude of these losses is largely unknown. In Missouri, native box turtles (Terrapene mexicana triunguis and Terrapene ornata ornata) are declining across the state due to anthropogenic disturbances such as urbanization, habitat fragmentation, and vehicle collisions. Through radio-tracking over a period of 7 years, we documented the survival of adult three-toed box turtles at two sites in Missouri: Forest Park (urban park) and Tyson Research Center (TRC) (a protected rural forest). Estimated annual survival of adult turtles in Forest Park was 79% (95% CI: 0.68-0.87) while at TRC annual survival was 93% (95% CI: 0.83-0.97). The odds of annual survival for a turtle at TRC were 3.5 times that of a turtle living in Forest Park. Winter kill, which refers to box turtles found dead on the surface during brumation or within 2 weeks of emergence, was the most frequently documented category of mortality in Forest Park. At TRC, winter kill was not documented; however, the reasons for most deaths were unknown. These data raise questions about the potential of large urban parks as refuges for box turtles, which we may answer by future studies that compare box turtles living in multiple urban and rural settings. Our preliminary data suggest that even the largest urban parks may not be able to sustain populations of box turtles which has severe implications as urbanization continues to degrade and eliminate box turtle habitat throughout their range.
英文关键词	chelonian urban ecology winter kill telemetry survival estimate brumation
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	Green Published, gold
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000518111300001
WOS关键词	ROAD MORTALITY ; POPULATION ; SURVIVAL ; DISTURBANCE ; CAROLINA ; HISTORY ; DESERT
WOS类目	Veterinary Sciences
WOS研究方向	Veterinary Sciences
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/369773
作者单位	[Palmer, Jamie L.; Brenn-White, Maris; Deem, Sharon L.] St Louis Zoo, Inst Conservat Med, St Louis, MO 63110 USA; [Blake, Stephen] St Louis Univ, Dept Biol, St Louis, MO 63103 USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Palmer, Jamie L.,Brenn-White, Maris,Blake, Stephen,et al. Mortality in Three-Toed Box Turtles (Terrapene mexicana triunguis) at Two Sites in Missouri[J],2019,6.
APA	Palmer, Jamie L.,Brenn-White, Maris,Blake, Stephen,&Deem, Sharon L..(2019).Mortality in Three-Toed Box Turtles (Terrapene mexicana triunguis) at Two Sites in Missouri.FRONTIERS IN VETERINARY SCIENCE,6.
MLA	Palmer, Jamie L.,et al."Mortality in Three-Toed Box Turtles (Terrapene mexicana triunguis) at Two Sites in Missouri".FRONTIERS IN VETERINARY SCIENCE 6(2019).