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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Sternotherus odoratus"”.
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Behavioral Response of Sternotherus Odoratus to Conspecific and Predatory Chemosensory Cues
… investigate the role of Rathke's secretions of Sternotherus odoratus as a conspecific alarm cue and as a chemical cue used in courtship. Turtles were collected and randomly assigned to one of four treatments, including a control treatment (n=10), a predatory treatment (n=10), and two conspecific …
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Foraging Ecology and Demography of Sternotherus Odoratus in a Southwestern Missouri Population
Sternotherus odoratus is a chiefly crepuscular turtle that inhabits a variety of soft-bottom aquatic ecosystems from stream and rivers to lakes, ponds, and ditches. Previous studies have examined its diet, but few have addressed other aspects of its feeding ecology. The objectives of this study …
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Exploring Eastern Musk Turtle (Sternotherus odoratus) Population Dynamics and Phenotypic Plasticity in Comal Springs, Texas
… anthropogenic change. The eastern musk turtle (Sternotherus odoratus) is a small, omnivorous species inhabiting spring systems in Central Texas, where invasive gastropods have become abundant. This study investigates whether dietary shifts toward these gastropods are associated with variations …
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Seasonal and Ontogenetic Changes in the Sex Ratio of a Population of Stinkpots (Kinosternidae: Sternotherus odoratus)
… observed sex ratio of a population of stinkpots (Sternotherus odoratus) was an artifact of sampling biases. A total of 989 (637 males, 352 females) individual stinkpots were captured from 1996 through 2000 at Spring Lake, Hays County, Texas. The overall sex ratio based on all census techniques was …
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A Herpetofaunal Survey of Boehler Seeps and Sandhills Preserve with an Emphasis on Turtle Communities and the Ecology of Deirochelys Reticularia Miaria
… two lakes at this site. Kinosternon subrubrum, Sternotherus odoratus, and Trachemys scripta were the dominant species in both lakes. The community structure and distribution of biomass differed between the lakes, but when species were grouped by niche type, the biomass of each guild was nearly …
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Seed Dispersal by Aquatic Turtles
… during a summer seed survey in which stinkpots (Sternotherus odoratus), river cooters (Pseudemys concinna), spiny soft-shell turtles (Apalone spinifera), and common map turtles (Graptemys geographica) were sampled. Seeds of Agropyron repens, Carex spp., Ludwigia peploides, Polygonum spp., Panicum …
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The community ecology of a riverine turtle assemblage in the Tennessee River Gorge
… respective ranges. One species in particular, Sternotherus odoratus, was observed to display a carapace length that was significantly greater than those reported from southern or northern climes. This finding appears contrary to the theory that body sizes for turtles increase with latitude, or …
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The Effects of Commercial Harvest on the Density and Demography of Aquatic Turtles in Arkansas
… spinifera; N = 640), common musk turtles (Sternotherus odoratus; N = 508), eastern mud turtles (Kinosternon subrubrum; N = 81), common snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina; N = 56), river cooters (Pseudemys concinna; N = 11), southern painted turtles (Chrysemys dorsalis; N = 7), …
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Spatial ecology, habitat use, genetic diversity, and reproductive success: measures of connectivity of a sympatric freshwater turtle assemblage in a fragmented landscape
… (Chelydra serpentina), and eastern musk turtle (Sternotherus odoratus) revealed that E. blandingii made long distance movements and readily moved between wetlands, whereas the other species were more restricted to aquatic movements. However, S. odoratus, C. serpentina, and C. picta were also …
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Ecotoxicology and environmental education in the development of a turtle conservation program in Southeastern Tennessee
… scripta troosti) and the common musk turtle (Sternotherus odoratus) were analyzed for the presence of 83 PCB congeners, 24 PBDE congeners, 6 DDT congeners, and 12 additional organochlorine pesticides using GC/MS operating in electron impact mode. Concentrations of all target environmental …
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Invasive species: fundamental and applied science
… – Trachemys scripta scripta, T. s. troostii, Sternotherus odoratus, Kinosternon subrubrum – using Relative Invasion Risk, an adapted version of RIP that incorporates propagule pressure. T. s. scripta was found to have high impact, corroborating its now banned status in the EU, but still a high …