David J. Germano R. Bruce Bury 2003 <p>We sampled a variety of wetlands in the Nebraska sandhills at Valentine National Wildlife Refuge. Significantly more individuals of painted turtles (<i>Chrysemys picta</i>) occurred in lakes and open waters than in marshes or small ponds, and the opposite was true for Blanding's turtles (<i>Emydoidea blandingii</i>). Besides this marked difference in habitat use, 46% of the captured <i>E. blandingii</i> in pond/marsh habitat were juveniles, but only 31.6% in lakes and open water. Current information suggests that marshes and small ponds are important habitat for juvenile turtles, especially <i>Emydoidea blandingii</i>.</p> application/pdf 10.1674/0003-0031(2003)149[0241:DIHUBB]2.0.CO;2 en University of Notre Dame Differences in habitat use by blanding's turtles, Emydoidea blandingii, and painted turtles, Chysemys picta, in the Nebraska sandhills article