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Nerodia Erythrogaster Neglecta (Copper-Bellied Watersnake): Foraging Behavior, J. Roe, Bruce Kingsbury, M. Myers
Nerodia Erythrogaster Neglecta (Copper-Bellied Watersnake): Foraging Behavior, J. Roe, Bruce Kingsbury, M. Myers
Bruce A Kingsbury Ph.D.
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Beyond The Wetland Border: Estimating The Impact Of Roads For Two Species Of Water Snakes, John Roe, Joanna Gibson, Bruce Kingsbury
Beyond The Wetland Border: Estimating The Impact Of Roads For Two Species Of Water Snakes, John Roe, Joanna Gibson, Bruce Kingsbury
Bruce A Kingsbury Ph.D.
We used models integrating road maps, traffic volume, and snake movements to examine the potential for roads to contribute to mortality in two species of water snakes that differ in their vagility, use of terrestrial habitats, and conservation status. Road networks and traffic volumes typical of three regions in Indiana, USA, may account for mortality of 14–21% of the population per year in the more vagile, terrestrial, and imperiled copperbelly water snake (Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta) but only 3–5% mortality in the more sedentary, aquatic, and common northern water snake (Nerodia sipedon). The majority (>91%) of road crossings and associated …