Decades of road mortality cause severe decline in a common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) poplation from an urbanized wetland
Road networks threaten biodiversity and particularly herpetofauna, including common snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina), which have an especially slow life history that prevents rapid recovery of populations subjected to road mortality. Cootes Drive is a 2.5-km 4-lane highway… Read More
Road avoidance and its energetic consequences for reptiles
Roads are one of the most widespread humanâcaused habitat modifications that can increase wildlife mortality rates and alter behavior. Roads can act as barriers with variable permeability to movement and can increase distances wildlife travel to access habitats. Movement is… Read More