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- Title
Space Use of Yellow-Spotted River Turtles ( Podocnemis unifilis) in Yasuni National Park, Ecuador.
- Authors
Naveda-Rodríguez, Adrián; Cueva, Rubén; Zapata-Ríos, Galo
- Abstract
The yellow-spotted river turtle ( Podocnemis unifilis) plays ecological roles in the Amazonian aquatic ecosystem and has cultural and economic significance for indigenous peoples. Because spatial ecology and movement data are nonexistent for this species, we radio tracked 63 individuals in the Napo River between August 2015 and February 2017. Mean linear range size was 16.2 km ( n = 31) and mean home range size was 5.2 km2 ( n = 27). Our results are the first range size estimates for P. unifilis and suggest that the species could be treated as a short-distance facultative migrant with local seasonal movements.
- Subjects
PARQUE Nacional Yasuni (Ecuador); HOME range (Animal geography); PODOCNEMIS unifilis; AQUATIC ecology; SPATIAL ecology; SEASONAL effects on wildlife
- Publication
Chelonian Conservation & Biology, 2018, Vol 17, Issue 1, p37
- ISSN
1071-8443
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2744/CCB-1270.1