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1 May 2007 Habitat Use of Sympatric Rattlesnake Species Within the Gulf Coastal Plain
DAVID A. STEEN, LORA L. SMITH, L. MIKE CONNER, JEAN C. BROCK, SHANNON K. HOSS
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Abstract

The eastern diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus) and timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) are sympatric throughout most of southern Georgia, USA. We used rattlesnake sightings to quantify and compare habitat use by these 2 species in the Gulf Coastal Plain. At the largest scale examined, univariate statistics and logistic regression models indicated that eastern diamondback rattlesnakes were associated with roads but not with any of the specific habitat types we examined. In contrast, timber rattlesnakes were closely associated with hardwood habitat and riverine systems but not with roads and edges. To effectively conserve and manage both species in the Southeast, a habitat matrix of large intact patches of both hardwood and pine (Pinus spp.) forest may be necessary.

DAVID A. STEEN, LORA L. SMITH, L. MIKE CONNER, JEAN C. BROCK, and SHANNON K. HOSS "Habitat Use of Sympatric Rattlesnake Species Within the Gulf Coastal Plain," Journal of Wildlife Management 71(3), 759-764, (1 May 2007). https://doi.org/10.2193/2005-754
Published: 1 May 2007
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KEYWORDS
Crotalus adamanteus
Crotalus horridus
eastern diamondback rattlesnake
habitat model
landscape
logistic regression
longleaf pine
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