Changes in a box turtle population during three decades
Copeia
By: L.F. Stickel
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Abstract
Studies of a Maryland population of marked box-turtles (Terrapene carolina) in 1945, 1955, 1965 and 1975 showed a pronounced decline in population size during the three decades; the greatest change came between 1965 and 1975, when numbers were reduced by half. Proportions of females and of young also declined. Fifteen % of the males and 11% of the females that were more than 20 years old in 1945 still were present in 1975; some probably were more than 80 years old.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Changes in a box turtle population during three decades |
| Series title | Copeia |
| DOI | 10.2307/1443554 |
| Volume | 1978 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Year Published | 1978 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH) |
| Contributing office(s) | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
| Description | 5 p. |
| First page | 221 |
| Last page | 225 |