Nesting activities of an Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle, Apalone spinifera

Nesting activities of an Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle, Apalone spinifera

An Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle was closely followed during the 1998 nesting season. It showed a rather consistent daily pattern of activity. The morning was spent basking and moving around in a small area, large movements (2-3 km) were made during the afternoon and the turtle would stop for the e...

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Veröffentlicht in:Canadian field-naturalist 2002-01, Vol.116 (1), p.104-107
Hauptverfasser: Daigle, C, Galois, P, Chagnon, Y
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Apalone spinifera
Freshwater
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Zusammenfassung:An Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle was closely followed during the 1998 nesting season. It showed a rather consistent daily pattern of activity. The morning was spent basking and moving around in a small area, large movements (2-3 km) were made during the afternoon and the turtle would stop for the evening, acting like it was searching for a suitable nesting site. This softshell turtle moved 7 km upstream in three days for nesting.
ISSN:0008-3550
DOI:10.5962/p.363405