NDLI: Wetland and upland use patterns in semi-aquatic snakes: Implications for wetland conservation

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Author	Roe, John H. Kingsbury, Bruce A. Herbert, Nathan R.
Copyright Year	2003
Abstract	Conservation efforts require detailed knowledge of a species' habitat use and movements about the landscape. We radio-tracked sympatric congeners, the Copperbelly Water Snake (Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta) and the Northern Water Snake (Nerodia sipedon sipedon) in northwestern Ohio and southern Michigan, USA, to investigate differences in the use of wetland and upland habitats between species.Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta used twice as many wetlands (4.1±0.4) asN. s. sipedon (2.1±0.3), moved between these wetlands three times more often (9.1±1.9 times) thanN. s. sipedon (2.8±1.0 times), and moved to small wetlands seven times more often (3.6±0.7 times) thanN. s. sipedon (0.5±0.3 times). Nearly 30% ofN. e. neglecta locations were in uplands, sometimes over 100 m from the nearest wetland. Less than 3% ofN. s. sipedon locations were in upland habitats, and all locations were <30 m from wetlands. We simulated the impact of small wetland loss and demonstrated thatN. e. neglecta would need to move longer than normal distances when traveling between wetlands after small wetlands are lost, whileN. s. sipedon would not. The northernmost populations ofN. e. neglecta are listed as federally threatened and state endangered in Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana;N. s. sipedon remains abundant in this region. Historic and current wetland losses in the midwestern United States may have severely impactedN. e. neglecta populations due to this species' high vagility and use of numerous wetlands. Protection and restoration of wetland landscapes are critical for the long-term persistence of many wetland-associated species, species, includingN. e. neglecta.
Starting Page	1003
Ending Page	1014
Page Count	12
File Format	PDF
ISSN	02775212
Journal	Wetlands
Volume Number	23
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	19436246
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2003-01-01
Publisher Institution	Society of Wetland Scientists
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Copperbelly Water Snake dispersal GIS migration movement Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta Nerodia sipedon sipedon Northern Water Snake palustrine radiotelemetry small wetlands wetland wetland conservation Freshwater & Marine Ecology Environmental Management Ecology Hydrogeology Coastal Sciences Landscape Ecology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Ecology Environmental Chemistry

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