The effect of sex-specific terrestrial movements and roads on the sex ratio of freshwater turtles

By M. Aresco. 2005

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Subfields: Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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In Ecology

1. T. Rytwinski
2. L. Fahrig
3. P. J. Baker
4. John K. Tucker
5. Claire V. Dowding
6. S. Harris
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In Nature and Landscape Conservation

1. T. Rytwinski
2. L. Fahrig
3. M. Aresco
4. John K. Tucker
5. F. Janzen
6. S. Hecnar
7. C. Browne
8. T. A. Langen

Citations in the corpus

• Activity patterns of urban red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) reduce the risk of traffic-induced mortality (2007, background): “Alexander 1998; Spellerberg 1998; Trombulak and Frissell 2000; Erritzoe et al. 2003; Jaeger et al. 2005), which can lead to local declines and changes in population structure (Fahrig et al. 1995; Mumme et al. 2000; Aresco 2005; Gibbs and Steen 2005).”
• Predicting Hot Spots of Herpetofauna Road Mortality Along Highway Networks (2009, background): “At certain localities, the numbers killed can be enormous (e.g., Ashley and Robinson 1996, Hels and Buchwald 2001, Smith and Dodd 2003, Aresco 2005b, Langen et al. 2007).”
• Species loss and shifting population structure of freshwater turtles despite habitat protection (2007, background): “Chemical contaminants have the potential to alter sex ratios because they can affect reproduction and development of reptiles (Bergeron et al., 1994; Guillette et al., 1996; Bishop et al., 1991; de Solla et al., 1998).”
• Non‐optimal animal movement in human‐altered landscapes (2007, unknown): “For example, some species readily move onto roads, apparently equating them with open cover types in their natural environments (Ries & Debinski 2001; McDonald & St Clair 2004; Aresco 2005; Stevens et al . 2006).”
• Relative vulnerability of female turtles to road mortality (2006, background): “…implications of these relative vulnerabilities and resulting mortalities are discussed elsewhere (e.g. Gibbs & Shriver, 2002; Steen & Gibbs, 2004; Aresco, 2005a), but may implicate road mortality as a significant, ongoing threat to the long-term viability of freshwater turtle populations…”
• Do species life history traits explain population responses to roads? A meta-analysis (2012, background): “For amphibians and reptiles this can be done by installing fencing with very small mesh (e.g., Aresco, 2005b) and/or reconstructing the road bed with the addition of ‘‘barrier walls’’ that have a lip to keep animals from climbing onto the road (e.g., Barachivich and Dodd, 2002).”
• Terrestrial habitat requirements of nesting freshwater turtles (2012, background): “Where roads intersect turtle migration routes and result in high mortality, barrier walls in association with culverts facilitate safe turtle movements (Aresco, 2005b; Dodd et al., 2004).”
• Reptile Road Mortality around an Oasis in the Illinois Corn Desert with Emphasis on the Endangered Eastern Massasauga (2008, background): “Increased road mortality occurs when waters recede and turtles of both sexes and all age classes are forced to cross roads as they follow the receding water (Aresco, 2005b).”
• Effects of Roads on Animal Abundance: an Empirical Review and Synthesis (2009, background): “For example, some snakes use the road surface for thermoregulation (Sullivan 1981), some turtles lay their eggs in gravel roads or road shoulders (Aresco 2005, Steen et al. 2006; pers. obs., Fig.”