Road mortality of Snapping Turtles, Chelydra serpentina, in central Ontario during their nesting period

By T. Haxton. Canadian field-naturalist, 2000

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Subfields: Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Community structure and differential responses of aquatic turtles to agriculturally induced habitat fragmentation (2006, background): “Snapping turtles have large home ranges and can migrate several kilometers, especially during nesting season, which may result in high road mortality (Haxton 2000; Pettit et al. 1995) and male-biased sex ratios (Gibbs and Steen 2005; Steen and Gibbs 2004).”
Do species life history traits explain population responses to roads? A meta-analysis (2012, background): “…animals) (e.g. some birds: Haug, 1985; Watson, 1986; Knight and Kawashima, 1993; Meunier et al., 2000; Lambertucci et al., 2009), nesting sites (e.g. some turtles: Haxton, 2000; Aresco, 2005a; Steen et al., 2006) or to thermoregulate (e.g. some snakes: Sullivan, 1981; Rosen and Lowe, 1994).”
Effects of Habitat Features and Landscape Composition on the Population Structure of a Common Aquatic Turtle in a Region Undergoing Rapid Development (2004, background): “Road mortality among reptiles can be substantial in some areas, especially where roads bisect crucial habitats, such as wetlands and nesting habitats (Dodd et al. 1989; Ashley & Robinson 1996; Haxton 2000).”
Effects of Roads on the Structure of Freshwater Turtle Populations (2004, background): “…& Gallaway 1984) and domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) often reach their highest densities in fragmented landscapes characterized by suburban development (Hoffman & Gottschang 1977; Wilcove 1985); however, this land-use type had minor representation around the wetlands we sampled (Table 4).”
Cougar Puma concolor use of wildlife crossing structures on the Trans-Canada highway in Banff National Park, Alberta (2001, background): “…of successful wildlife crossing decreases significantly (Barnett, How & Humphreys 1978, Swihart & Slade 1984, Brandenburg 1996, Ruediger 1996), becoming in some cases the leading cause of wildlife mortality (Maehr, Land & Roelke 1991, Calvo & Silvy 1996, Clarke, White & Harris 1998, Haxton 2000).”
The effect of sex-specific terrestrial movements and roads on the sex ratio of freshwater turtles (2005, background): “Road mortality is a significant threat to the population viability of turtles in many areas (Ashley and Robinson, 1996; Fowle, 1996; Guyot and Clobert, 1997; Haxton, 2000; Mitchell and Klemens, 2000; Gibbs and Shriver, 2002; Aresco, 2005).”
The effects of 20 years of highway presence on the genetic structure of Rana dalmatina populations (2006, background): “…movement of individuals or on genetic diversity has been assessed in several studies (Baur & Baur, 1989; Fahrig et al., 1995; Vos & Chardon, 1998; Haxton, 2000; Vallan, 2000; Lesbarrères, Lodé & Merilä, 2004), the reduction in gene flow among populations resulting from such damage still needs to…”