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Abundance of juvenile eastern box turtles in manages forest stands

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Abstract

Between 2002 and 2005, we used drift fences and artificial pools to sample juvenile eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina) in northeastern Alabama in forest stands experimentally treated to retain various amounts of overstory trees—clear-cuts and those with 25%–50% and 75%–100% of trees retained.We captured juvenile turtles only in clear-cut and 25%–50% retention plots; microhabitats in these plots are characterized by a combination of abundant vegetative ground cover and leaf litter.

Keywords

eastern box turtles

Citation

Felix, Z.; Wang, Y.; Czech, H.; Schweitzer, C. 2008. Abundance of juvenile eastern box turtles in manages forest stands. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 7(1):128-130.
https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/37489