[HTML][HTML] Small nature preserves do not adequately support large-ranging snakes: Movement ecology and site fidelity in a fragmented rural landscape

E Nordberg, J Ashley, AA Hoekstra, S Kirkpatrick… - Global Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Habitat fragmentation and loss are two of the leading causes of species declines world-
wide. To mitigate these effects, land managers have engaged two major pathways to …

Free-living snakes as a source and possible vector of Salmonella spp. and parasites

M Zając, D Wasyl, M Różycki, E Bilska-Zając… - European Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Free-living snakes may carry a broad range of pathogens that differ considerably by
geographical locations and source species. The biological role of wildlife snakes for …

Do the numbers and locations of road‐killed anuran carcasses accurately reflect impacts of vehicular traffic?

C Beckmann, R Shine - The Journal of Wildlife Management, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Road‐killed animals are easy and inexpensive to survey, and may provide information
about species distributions, abundances, and mortality rates. As with any sampling method …

To cross or not to cross: modeling wildlife road crossings as a binary response variable with contextual predictors

SR Siers, RN Reed, JA Savidge - Ecosphere, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Roads are significant barriers to landscape‐scale movements of individuals or populations
of many wildlife taxa. The decision by an animal near a road to either cross or not cross may …

How quickly are road-killed snakes scavenged? Implications for underestimates of road mortality

BA DEGREGORIO, TE HANCOCK… - Journal of North …, 2011 - meridian.allenpress.com
Annually, millions of snakes are killed on roads in the United States. Because of their
potential abundance and ease of collection, many researchers have used road-killed …

[PDF][PDF] Hot moments and hot spots in the bayou: spatiotemporal patterns of road occurrence in a snake assemblage in Louisiana, USA

WI Lutterschmidt, JM Weidler… - Herpetological …, 2019 - researchgate.net
Quantifying temporal and spatial occurrence of road crossing activity by amphibians and
reptiles has become increasingly important in conservation efforts. By documenting both the …

Citizen science reporting indicates geographic and phenotypic drivers of road use and mortality in a threatened rattlesnake

C Rhodes, W Haunfelder, BE Carlson - Current Zoology, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Roads may influence the selection of phenotypic traits of wildlife. In particular, the likelihood
of vehicle collisions with wildlife may vary depending on body coloration in contrast to the …

[PDF][PDF] Conservation and protection of threatened pine snakes (Pituophis melanoleucus) in the New Jersey Pine Barrens, USA

J Burger, RT Zappalorti - Herpetological Conservation and Biology, 2016 - researchgate.net
Managers, regulators, and the public are interested in the conservation of threatened,
endangered, or iconic species. While snakes are not usually thought of as iconic, Pine …

Impact of the human footprint on anthropogenic mortality of North American reptiles

JE Hill, TL DeVault, JL Belant - Acta Oecologica, 2019 - Elsevier
Human activities frequently result in reptile mortality, but how direct anthropogenic mortality
compares to natural morality has not been thoroughly investigated. There has also been a …