Differences in Habitat Use by Blanding's Turtles, Emydoidea blandingii, and Painted Turtles, Chysemys picta, in the Nebraska Sandhills

R. BRUCE BURY; DAVID J. GERMANO

doi:10.1674/0003-0031(2003)149[0241:DIHUBB]2.0.CO;2

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1 January 2003 Differences in Habitat Use by Blanding's Turtles, Emydoidea blandingii, and Painted Turtles, Chysemys picta, in the Nebraska Sandhills

R. BRUCE BURY, DAVID J. GERMANO

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The American Midland Naturalist, 149(1):241-244 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1674/0003-0031(2003)149[0241:DIHUBB]2.0.CO;2

Abstract

We sampled a variety of wetlands in the Nebraska sandhills at Valentine National Wildlife Refuge. Significantly more individuals of painted turtles (Chrysemys picta) occurred in lakes and open waters than in marshes or small ponds, and the opposite was true for Blanding's turtles (Emydoidea blandingii). Besides this marked difference in habitat use, 46% of the captured E. blandingii 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 Emydoidea blandingii.

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R. BRUCE BURY and DAVID J. GERMANO "Differences in Habitat Use by Blanding's Turtles, Emydoidea blandingii, and Painted Turtles, Chysemys picta, in the Nebraska Sandhills," The American Midland Naturalist 149(1), 241-244, (1 January 2003). https://doi.org/10.1674/0003-0031(2003)149[0241:DIHUBB]2.0.CO;2

Accepted: 1 July 2002; Published: 1 January 2003

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