Between 2002 and 2005, we used drift fences and artificial pools to sample juvenile eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina) in northeastern Alabama in forest stands experimentally treated to retain various amounts of overstory trees—clear-cuts and those with 25%–50% and 75%–100% of trees retained. We captured juvenile turtles only in clear-cut and 25%–50% retention plots; microhabitats in these plots are characterized by a combination of abundant vegetative ground cover and leaf litter.
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1 August 2008
Abundance of Juvenile Eastern Box Turtles Relative to Canopy Cover in Managed Forest Stands in Alabama
Zachary Felix,
Yong Wang,
Helen Czech,
Callie J. Schweitzer
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Chelonian Conservation and Biology
Vol. 7 • No. 1
August 2008
Vol. 7 • No. 1
August 2008