Download or read book The Effectiveness of Captive Release Conservation Methods for Spotted Turtles Clemmys Guttata written by Kate Cassim and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The spotted turtle (Clemmys guttata) is categorized as protected and a species of special concern in New York State. Understanding the habitat use, movement patterns, and life history characteristics of this species will be essential for any future efforts to provide the necessary habitat requirements for their successful recovery and management. Rochester Institute of Technology partnered with the Seneca Park Zoo and the New York Department of Environmental Conservation to investigate the release of captive-bred spotted turtles. The goal of this study was to determine the movements, habitat use, survivorship, and growth of the captive-bred spotted turtles in a natural environment. The release of suitable numbers of captive-bred spotted turtles into a proper environment where their habitat and resource needs are met should lead to individual survival and the establishment of a sustainable population. During this study, the majority of turtles were lost due to three major causes, premature battery failure, death due to predation, and death due to starvation. The results showed that the longer an individual was part of the study the more weight they lost (p=

Download or read book Revising a Habitat Suitability Model for Spotted Turtles Clemmys Guttata in Upstate New York written by Caitlin Dailey and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In order to protect threatened and endangered species, their habitat needs to be adequately documented and assessed for conservation planning. The utilization of mapping programs such as ArcGIS can help researchers in determining the most optimal sites for a particular species in a given area. This research revises a previous habitat suitability model by Correa-Berger (2007) for the spotted turtle (Clemmys guttata) in nine counties of upstate New York. Using the same initial parameters for the creation of the seed sites and habitat requirements for spotted turtles that Correa-Berger used in his 2007 analysis, the model utilized updated Land Use/Land Cover (LULC) data, added a stream connectivity parameter, and added a calcium carbonate soil parameter in order to improve the model. The initial updated model did not fit well with the historical spotted turtle sightings from the NYSDEC. A second model was created using a simplified seed site methodology, an adjusted road width parameter, and eliminated the use of the DEC classified wetlands. The revised model captured 16 out of 33 turtle sightings within what was considered optimal sites. While the second model was more successful matching the historical spotted turtle sightings compared to the first model, analysis of model misses suggest the model could potentially be improved with the use of a locally created LULC classification using remote sensing techniques, expanding the stream connectivity parameters to include stream health, and using additional soil parameters."--Abstract.

Download or read book Home Range Habitat Use and Conservation of Spotted Turtles Clemmys Guttata in Central Massachusetts written by Joan C. Milam and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Seasonal Movements Habitat Usage Home Range and Conservation of Spotted Turtles Clemmys Guttata in Southern New Hampshire written by Matthew G. Hinderliter and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Spotted Turtle written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources published guides to many threatened animals living in the state. This guide gives information about the spotted turtle, including description, status, habitat, conservation challenges & recommendations, and measures of success.

Download or read book Conservation Advice for the Spotted Turtle Clemmys Guttata in Mer Bleue written by Marie-Claude Bernard and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Captive Breeding and Marketing of Turtles written by Grahame Webb and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The demand for Hawksbill turtle shell is high, and preliminary research by WMI indicated high growth rates of animals under captive conditions, and early attainment of maturity. However, the conditions required to stimulate reproduction in captivity for Hawksbill turtles are unknown. With successful nesting, small numbers of females would be required to produce sufficient numbers of hatchlings for farming purposes. An industry based on Hawksbill turtles could provide tangible economic benefits for indigenous landowners, and provide incentives for conservation of sea turtles and their habitats.

Download or read book Threatened Turtle Species in Ohio and Michigan written by Austin C. Hulbert and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conservation efforts are urgently needed to reduce global biodiversity loss and to keep natural ecosystems intact. Turtles (Order Testudines) are important components of their ecosystems but are one of the most threatened vertebrate groups in the world due to habitat destruction, overexploitation, climate change, invasive species, and disease. To effectively conserve turtles, we need a detailed understanding of their spatial and population ecology, knowledge which is lacking for many declining species. Advancing technological methods are allowing researchers to address these research needs. One technological advancement is the reduction in battery size, which now allows researchers to attach miniature radio transmitters to hatchling and juvenile turtles and track them in their natural habitat. The ability to radio-track the early life stages of turtles allows researchers to study their survival, movements, and habitat needs, which are severely understudied compared to the adult life stages. Battery size reduction also allows for smaller GPS devices which automatically record locations, and which substantially reduces the time and labor required to physically locate individual animals. With this size reduction, researchers have started deploying GPS devices on small turtles; however, this method is in its early stages and requires assessment of its accuracy. Here, I used miniature radio transmitters to study the survival and dispersal of the hatchling stage of two threatened turtle species, the spotted turtle (Clemmys guttata) and Eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina), in oak savanna habitat of the Upper Midwest. I found hatchlings survival rates of both species from nest emergence through overwintering. Box turtle hatchling survival increased with less nest shade cover, which is associated with warmer nests, shorter incubation durations, and earlier nest emergence dates. Therefore, it is important for managers to maintain a range of ground cover microhabitats in nesting areas so turtles can match nest incubation conditions with current local conditions, while also maximizing hatchling survival. Additionally, I deployed GPS devices on adult spotted and Eastern box turtles to assess the reliability and accuracy of automatically recorded locations on small turtles across a range of habitat types. I found mixed support for habitat affecting accuracy of locations, but the number of satellites received and HDOP had large effects on accuracy of locations recorded by GPS devices. After screening locations based on number of satellites and HDOP, location accuracy was greatly increased. GPS devices are unlikely to be accurate for small, semi-aquatic turtle species but show promise for small, terrestrial turtle species. However, proper testing of GPS devices and methods of filtering their location data are needed to demonstrate their effectiveness when deployed on small turtle species, because unfiltered data can cause bias in ecological calculations, such as home range sizes. Overall, through the use of advancing technologies to track turtles, my research provides rare ecological data on hatchlings of threatened turtle species in the Oak Openings region, while also quantifying the effectiveness of GPS devices on these species.

Download or read book Successful Conservation Strategies for Sea Turtles written by Monica Lara Uc and published by Nova Science Publishers. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After decades of research, monitoring, and analysis, we still have so much to learn about sea turtles. As reptiles, they are environmentally sensitive animals and thus can sense acute changes in their habitat. This rudimentary tactic of ectothermic animals has possibly conceded to the survival of sea turtle populations over millions of years. They have endured cooling and warming of the earth. The habitats they depend on have endured fierce hurricanes and erosion. Now the question remains if sea turtle populations and their habitats will survive the challenges and pressures that humans place on the world. The anthology of research presented in this textbook is diverse and yet so interconnected. We cannot work to conserve wildlife populations without a fundamental understanding of habitat or the range of changes that individuals within a population can tolerate. Sea turtles are no exception. Changes in migration patterns due to climate change, diversity of food sources between species, acute habitat selection for nesting, mutations in genetics, and differences in anatomy, physiology, and biochemistry between species and even individuals make the study of sea turtles dynamic and challenging.

Download or read book The Ecology Exploitation and Conservation of River Turtles written by Don Moll and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004-04-08 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The underlying theme of this book is that a widespread, taxonomically diverse group of animals, important both from ecological and human resource perspectives, remains poorly understood and in delcine, while receiving scant attention from the ecological and conservation community. This volume proposes a comprehensive overview of the world's river turtles' ecology, conservation, and management. It begins with a categorization of taxa which inhabit flowing water habitats followed by information on their evolutionary and physical diversity and biogeography. Within the framework of ecology, the authors discuss the composition of river turtle communities in different types of lotic habitats and regions, population dynamics, movements, reproductive characteristics and behavior, predators, and feeding relationships. In a conservation and management section, the authors identify and evaluate the nature and intensity of factors which threaten river turtle survival--almost all of which involve direct human exploitation or indirect effects of human induced habitat alteration and degradation. They then list and evaluate the various schemes which have been proposed or employed to halt declines and restore populations, and make recommendations for future management plans for specific species and regions. In closing, they state their viewpoint concerning future research directions and priorities, and an evaluation of future prospects for survival of the world's river turtle species.

Download or read book An Assessment of the Movement and Habitat Use of Spotted Turtles Clemmys Guttata During Regrowth of a Managed Area in Pennsylvania written by Miranda Leigh McCleaf and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book First International Symposium on Turtles Tortoises written by International Symposium on Turtles and Tortoises (1, 1990, Orange, Calif.) and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Turtles and Tortoises written by K. R. Beaman and published by . This book was released on 1991-12-01 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Study of the Spotted Turtle Clemmys Guttata in the Mer Bleue Bog written by Canada. National Capital Commission and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Determining Population Demographics and Genetic Structure of an Endangered Species the Spotted Turtle Clemmys Guttata on the Delmarva Peninsula written by Stephanie Michelle Lamb and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Turtles of the United States written by Carl H. Ernst and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Spotted and Wood Turtles Clemmys Guttata und Glyptemys Insculpta written by Andreas S. Henning and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: