Data from: Cozy in the city: the morphology and spatial ecology of copperheads in an urban forest
Data from: Cozy in the city: the morphology and spatial ecology of copperheads in an urban forest
Citation
Carrasco-Harris MF, Cole JA, Reichling S. 2020. Data from: Cozy in the city: the morphology and spatial ecology of copperheads in an urban forest. Movebank Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.1rs3j824Abstract
Anthropogenic environments alter behaviors in a wide variety of taxa. We examined the morphology and spatial ecology of Agkistrodon contortrix Linnaeus (Eastern Copperhead) within an urban forest and a rural forest in Tennessee. We captured snakes for morphological data and radio tracked 36 urban and 8 rural subjects to collect spatial data. We estimated home range size, core area, and movement parameters (total distance moved; daily, sampling, and monthly movement) using relocation data. Copperheads in the urban forest were smaller but did not differ in body condition compared to rural conspecifics. We found urban Copperheads had reduced home ranges, core areas, and movement parameters compared to rural subjects. Our study suggests urban snakes alter spatial behavior by decreasing overall movement.
Keywords
Agkistrodon contortrix, animal tracking, Agkistrodon contortrix, copperhead snake, morphology, radio telemetry, reptiles, urban ecology, urban forest
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BibTex
@misc{001/1_1rs3j824, title = {Data from: Cozy in the city: the morphology and spatial ecology of copperheads in an urban forest}, author = {Carrasco-Harris, MF and Cole, JA and Reichling, S}, year = {2020}, URL = {http://dx.doi.org/10.5441/001/1.1rs3j824}, doi = {doi:10.5441/001/1.1rs3j824}, publisher = {Movebank data repository} }
RIS
TY - DATA ID - doi:10.5441/001/1.1rs3j824 T1 - Data from: Cozy in the city: the morphology and spatial ecology of copperheads in an urban forest AU - Carrasco-Harris, Malle F. AU - Cole, Judith A. AU - Reichling, Steve Y1 - 2020/10/05 KW - Agkistrodon contortrix KW - animal movement KW - animal tracking KW - Agkistrodon contortrix KW - copperhead snake KW - morphology KW - radio telemetry KW - reptiles KW - urban ecology KW - urban forest KW - Agkistrodon contortrix PB - Movebank data repository UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.5441/001/1.1rs3j824 DO - doi:10.5441/001/1.1rs3j824 ER -