Download or read book Genetics and Demography of Wisconsin Turtles written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Turtles (order Testudines) are an ancient but highly threatened vertebrate group. Successful preservation of biodiversity in this group (as in others) requires identification of current threats, species-level traits that modulate vulnerability to these threats, and both general and species-specific strategies for mitigating threats. In this dissertation, I address these research needs for several Wisconsin turtles, focusing on the UCN-Endangered Blanding's turtle (Emydoidea blandingii). The approaches used here encompass multiple spatial scales, combine genetic and demographic methods of characterizing population viability and spatial ecology, and utilize comparisons among species, specifically by comparing endangered Blanding's turtles with more common co-occurring painted turtles (Chrysemys picta) and snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina). Each chapter of this dissertation is written and formatted as a manuscript for publication in a scholarly journal. Chapter 1 (published in Diversity and Distributions) investigates the population-level demographic and genetic responses of three turtle species with differing habitat preferences and life histories to roads and climate. Chapter 2 (prepared for submission to Molecular Ecology) describes the effects of past and present landscape features on population genetic structure in this same suite of turtle species. Chapter 3 (submitted to Methods in Ecology and Evolution) develops a novel method for estimating dispersal rates from genetic kinship data and uses this method to investigate the spatial ecology of nesting female Blanding's turtles. Finally, Chapter 4 (submitted to Biological Conservation) deals with the demographic response of a population of Blanding's turtles to habitat restoration. Overall, the work collected here demonstrates how differences in species' life history traits and habitat preferences can affect their vulnerability to environmental change and suggests how strategies for managing populations and genetic diversity can be tailored to these traits.
Download or read book Demography and Ecology of an Ornate Box Turtle Terrapene Ornata Population in South central Wisconsin written by Angela Maria Doroff and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Conservation Genetics of Freshwater Turtles written by Christina M. Davy and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Integrating Local Monitoring and Regional Genetics to Predict Environmental Change Impacts for Midwestern Turtles written by Nathan W. Byer and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As climate and land use change intensify throughout the 21st century, predicting responses of sensitive species to changing environmental conditions will be critical for minimizing species losses. However, these predictions are often complicated by substantial uncertainties regarding how species-level evolutionary constraints and heterogeneity in landscape characteristics influence the effectiveness of these responses. In this dissertation, I address several of these uncertainties for turtles (order Testudines), a particularly sensitive taxonomic group. Focusing on the IUCN-Endangered Blanding's turtle (Emydoidea blandingii), the studies herein leverage existing demographic and genetic datasets, detailed behavioral observations, and emerging sequencing tools to evaluate potential behavioral, demographic, and genetic responses to environmental change. Each chapter addresses separate questions and hypotheses, with each formatted for publication in scholarly journals. Chapter 1 (published in Herpetological Conservation and Biology) explores the utility of time-varying nest survival models for conservation and management of freshwater turtles, and uses nest survival datasets collected for Blanding's turtles and bog turtles (Glyptemys muhlenbergii) to illustrate these methods. Chapter 2 (published in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology) considers how theories regarding Pace-of-Life Syndromes (POLS) can be used to address hypotheses about risk-taking and decision-making during nesting excursions by female Blanding's Turtles. Chapter 3 (submitted to Landscape Ecology) develops a novel modelling framework that integrates demographic and genetic datasets to predict climate and land use change effects for Blanding's Turtles. Chapter 4 (intended for submission to G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics) explores the interaction between species-level traits and patterns of local adaptation in Blanding's turtles and snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina) using next-generation sequencing tools. Overall, this work highlights species-level traits that may predispose turtles to negative environmental change impacts, and demonstrates how emerging computational and sequencing tools can be used to better inform management of sensitive taxa.
Download or read book Some Aspects of the Ecology of Painted Turtles Lake Mendota Wisconsin written by Catherine H. Ream and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Habitat Use and Movements of a Blanding s Turtle Population in Central Wisconsin written by David A. Ross and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Population Genetic Structure of Blanding s Turtle emydoidea Blandingii in New York written by Eric M. McCluskey and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book LIFE HIST ECOL SLIDER TURTLES written by Whit Gibbons and published by Smithsonian Books (DC). This book was released on 1990-04-17 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on more than twenty years worth of study and data on the Savannah River Plant, a nuclear facility in the Upper Coastal Plain of South Carolina, the contents of this volume encompass the entire spectrum of slider biology, from fossil history and slider systematics to population genetics and parasitology. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book Conservation and Ecology of Turtles of the Mid Atlantic Region a Symposium written by Christopher W. Swarth and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume summarizes the scientific papers from a symposium on turtles of the Mid-Atlantic Region of the United States. Several peer-reviewed contributions make up the chapters of this edited volume. A great resource for conservation biologists in the region and turtle biologists world-wide.
Download or read book Chelonian Conservation and Biology written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Biology of the Snapping Turtle Chelydra Serpentina written by Anthony C. Steyermark and published by . This book was released on 2008-03-31 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume synthesizes all that is known about the common snapping turtle to provide an up-to-date and comprehensive resource on the species' evolution, physiology, behavior, and life history. Anthony C. Steyermark, Michael S. Finkler, Ronald J. Brooks, and a team of experts detail the systematics, energetics, growth patterns, sex determination, and population genetics of snapping turtles and devote special attention to the fossil record of the snapping turtle family Chelydridae.
Download or read book Seasonal Activity Patterns Baseline Population Genetics and Analysis of Putative Hybridization in Three toed Box Turtles Terrapene Carolina Triunguis written by Anna Basalova Buchman and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Population Genetic Structure and Male Reproductive Success of a Blanding s Turtle Emydoidea Blandingii Population in Southeastern Michigan written by Matthew F. Osentoski and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wildlife Research written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Phylogeny Phylogeography and Population Genetics of River Turtles and Tortoises of the Families Podocnemididae Pelomedusidae and Testudinidae from South America and Africa written by Mario Vargas-Ramírez and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Genetics and Conservation written by and published by Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Company. This book was released on 1983 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Isolation. Extinction. Founding and Bottlenecks. Hybridization and merging populations. Natural diversity and taxonomy.
Download or read book Population Genetics and Host Specificity of Spirorchis Scripta in Emydid Turtles written by Dominique Suzanne Freyre and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
