Body Size and Aerial Basking Dynamics of the Spiny Softshell (Apalone spinifera) in a Human-Modified Landscape in Tennessee, USA

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dc.contributor.authorO’Bryan, Christopher J.en
dc.contributor.authorHamed, M. Kevinen
dc.contributor.authorLaughlin, Thomas F.en
dc.contributor.authorCoffey, J. Wallaceen
dc.coverage.countryUnited Statesen
dc.coverage.stateTennesseeen
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-27T16:53:46Zen
dc.date.available2022-06-27T16:53:46Zen
dc.date.issued2022-06-01en
dc.date.updated2022-06-24T20:35:33Zen
dc.description.abstractSpiny Softshells (Apalone spinifera) are found in aquatic environments throughout much of the central-eastern USA. Although this species is widespread throughout much of Tennessee, little is known about Spiny Softshells in the state’s northeastern counties. Further, little work has investigated the role of Spiny Softshell body size on resource use, and the morphometrics of the species in a human-modified ecosystem. Here we present results of a four-month capture and basking observation study conducted in 2004. We investigated whether larger body size was positively associated with presence at limited aerial basking resources that are potentially important for thermoregulation. We found that hoop trap captures positioned next to basking sites, a proxy for aerial basking resource use, were not associated with sex or body size measurements. Opportunistic basking observations revealed most individuals basked in the afternoon. Our study, while short in duration and of low sample size, builds understanding on the body size and intraspecific effects of resource use by Spiny Softshells in a human-modified ecosystem.en
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
dc.format.extentPages 8-13en
dc.format.extent6 page(s)en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.issn2333-0694en
dc.identifier.issue1en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/110941en
dc.identifier.volume2022en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectExploitative competitionen
dc.subjectThermoregulationen
dc.subjectConservationen
dc.subjectChelonianen
dc.subjectReptilesen
dc.subjectHuman pressureen
dc.subjectHabitat useen
dc.subjectMorphometricsen
dc.subjectOntogenetic shiften
dc.subjectOntogenyen
dc.titleBody Size and Aerial Basking Dynamics of the Spiny Softshell (Apalone spinifera) in a Human-Modified Landscape in Tennessee, USAen
dc.title.serialThe Journal of North American Herpetologyen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
dc.type.otherArticleen
dcterms.dateAccepted2022-05-16en
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Techen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Natural Resources & Environmenten
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Natural Resources & Environment/Fish and Wildlife Conservationen

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