Habitat Features Determine the Basking Distribution of Introduced Red-Eared Sliders and Native Western Pond Turtles

Max R. Lambert; Sharell N. Nielsen; Amber N. Wright; Robert C. Thomson; H. Bradley Shaffer

doi:10.2744/CCB-1010.1

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Max R. Lambert,¹ Sharell N. Nielsen,² Amber N. Wright,³ Robert C. Thomson,⁴ H. Bradley Shaffer⁵

¹School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, 370 Prospect St, Room 119, New Haven, Connecticut 06511 USA [ ] max.lambert@yale.edu
²Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, California 95616 USA [ ] sharell.nielsen@gmail.com
³Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis, California 95616 USA [ ] anwright@ucdavis.edu
⁴Department of Biology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawai'i 96822 USA [ ] thomsonr@hawaii.edu
⁵Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095-1606 USA [ ] brad.shaffer@ucla.edu

Abstract

We quantified basking site usage by native western pond turtles (Emys [ = Actinemys] marmorata) and introduced red-eared sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans) in an urbanized waterway. A lower frequency of human disturbance, steeper slopes, shallower water adjacent to basking sites, and a concrete substrate were all associated with a higher abundance of native threatened pond turtles relative to introduced sliders. These differences suggest new habitat management practices that could favor native pond turtles in the face of competition from invasive sliders.

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Max R. Lambert, Sharell N. Nielsen, Amber N. Wright, Robert C. Thomson, and H. Bradley Shaffer "Habitat Features Determine the Basking Distribution of Introduced Red-Eared Sliders and Native Western Pond Turtles," Chelonian Conservation and Biology 12(1), 192-199, (1 July 2013). https://doi.org/10.2744/CCB-1010.1

Received: 23 April 2012; Accepted: 1 December 2012; Published: 1 July 2013

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