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Terrestrial Soldier Crab (Coenobita Clypeatus, Fabricius 1787) And Cerion Spp. (Röding 1798) Shell Relationship On San Salvador Island, Bahamas, Harley Hunt
Biology Theses
The Caribbean terrestrial soldier crab, Coenobita clypeatus(Fabricius 1787), coexist and utilize the shells of numerous species of land and marine gastropods. Soldier crabs rely on gastropod shells for protection as the crabs have a soft abdomen, leaving them vulnerable for predation and desiccation, threatening their survival. This creates a strong pressure to obtain well-fitting shells that provide adequate protection against water loss. Cerion of Röding (1798) shells are one of the most commonly used shells among living colonies of C. clypeatuson San Salvador Island. This study is interested in the frequency of shell use by C. clypeatus crabs …
The Effects Of Roadways On The Spatial And Temporal Movement Patterns Of Timber Rattlesnakes (Crotalus Horridus), Anna F. Tipton, Dominic L. Desantis
The Effects Of Roadways On The Spatial And Temporal Movement Patterns Of Timber Rattlesnakes (Crotalus Horridus), Anna F. Tipton, Dominic L. Desantis
Graduate Research Showcase
Roadways are among the most widespread and disruptive anthropogenic land use features that influence the behavior and movement of wildlife. Negative impacts include vehicle-induced mortality, habitat destruction and fragmentation, and creating barriers to movement which can have far-reaching sub-lethal effects. In an effort to improve upon historical methods of evaluating the influence of prominent landscape features, such as roads, on the movement of small and secretive wildlife, we are using a novel integration of emerging spatial analyses and tri-axial accelerometry in Timber Rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus) from central Georgia. We used dynamic Brownian Bridge Movement Models to estimate motion …