A Turtle Population Study in an Isolated Urban Wetland Complex in Ontario Reveals a Few Surprises

dc.contributor.authorDupuis-Desormeaux, Marc
dc.contributor.authorD'Elia, Vince
dc.contributor.authorBurns, Ryan
dc.contributor.authorWhite, Brittany
dc.contributor.authorMacDonald, Suzanne E.
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-19T21:45:35Z
dc.date.available2020-02-19T21:45:35Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractWe report on the results of the first mark–recapture survey of freshwater turtles in an isolated urban wetland complex in one of Canada’s fastest growing municipalities. Although we found turtles in every surveyed wetland, the density and assemblage of turtles in smaller wetlands were significantly different than in larger wetland bodies. We also documented two species of turtles that were thought to be absent from this wetland complex, the Northern Map turtle and Eastern Musk turtle. We noted that a wetland that was bisected by a high-traffic road showed a male-skewed sex ratio in the population of Midland Painted turtles but not in the population of Eastern Snapping turtles. As a whole, the sex ratios inside the wetland complex were not skewed. These results reinforce the conclusions of a previous study of a single wetland within this same complex that had found a correlation between road mortality and a male-skewed sex ratio in Midland painted turtles. We discuss population sources and sinks within the complex and the importance of protecting the overland corridors that support the safe turtle movements within this provincially significant wetland complex.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipYork University Librariesen_US
dc.identifier.citationDupuis-Désormeaux M, D’Elia V, Burns R, White B, and MacDonald SE. 2019. A turtle population study in an isolated urban wetland complex in Ontario reveals a few surprises. FACETS 4: 584–59en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1139/facets-2019-0046en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10315/37015
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCSPen_US
dc.rightsAttribution 2.5 Canada*
dc.rights.articlehttps://www.facetsjournal.com/doi/10.1139/facets-2019-0046en_US
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dc.titleA Turtle Population Study in an Isolated Urban Wetland Complex in Ontario Reveals a Few Surprisesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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