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| Web URL(s): | http://usgatero.msu.edu/v11/n04.pdf
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| Author(s): | Winchell, Kristin M.;
Gibbs, James P. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Winchell: University of Massachusetts Boston and M.A., Columbia University, City of New York, NY; Gibbs: Ph.D., State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY |
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| Title: | Golf courses as refuges for freshwater turtles in urban landscapes |
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| Source: | USGA Turfgrass and Environmental Research Online. Vol. 11, No. 4, April 1 2012, p. [1-10]. |
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| Publishing Information: | Far Hills, New Jersey: United States Golf Association, Green Section |
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| # of Pages: | 12 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Golf courses as ecological sanctuaries; Grassland improvement; Habitat conservation; Habitat destruction; Habitats; Testudinata; Traffic control; Urban habitat; Vegetative areas; Wetlands; Wildlife conservation; Wildlife management; Wildlife shelters
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| Abstract/Contents: | "Freshwater turtles are declining worldwide, threatened mainly by habitat loss and degradation. Habitat loss is particularly acute in urban areas where golf courses might provide valuable habitat as some of the only remaining seminatural habitats available to turtles. We captured 249 snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina) and 164 painted turtles (Chrysemys picta) and measured their habitats at 88 wetlands that occurred among urban areas, on golf courses, and at wildlife refuges near Syracuse, New York in 2009 and 2010. Our research indicates that: Wetlands on golf courses had the smallest area, the most circular shapes, predominantly inorganic substrates, and the greatest extent of rooted vegetation. Uplands surrounding the golf course wetlands had relatively little forest and grassland and much lower road densities. Probability of occurrence and fraction of turtles captured that were females for both species did not vary among golf courses, urban areas, and wildlife refuges, whereas capture success for both species was lowest in golf course wetlands and relative mass of individuals was greater in golf course wetlands than in wildlife refuges. We conclude that golf course wetlands provide major protections to turtles from road mortality and over-harvest but can be enhanced by increasing wetland area, varying wetland shape, promoting the growth of emergent and rooted vascular vegetation, and increasing the proportion of forest and native grassland nearby while continuing to limit access and maintain minimal automobile traffic near wetlands." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 29 |
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| See Also: | See also related article " Turtles: Ancient wildlife on your golf course" USGA Green Section Record, 50(15) July 20, 2013, p. 1-5, R=208434. R=208434 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Winchell, K. M., and J. P. Gibbs. 2012. Golf courses as refuges for freshwater turtles in urban landscapes. USGA Turfgrass Environ. Res. Online. 11(4):p. [1-10]. |
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