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Does a lack of juveniles indicate a threat? Understanding body size distributions in a group of long-lived vertebrates

Charles Sturt University
McKnight, Donald ; Bower, Deborah ; Ariel, Ellen ; Beatty, Stephen ; Clulow, Simon ; Connell, Marilyn ; Deppe, Annette ; Doody, Jeremiah ; Freeman, Alastair ; Georges, Arthur ; Hannabass, Samantha ; Hollender, Ethan ; Howell, Hunter ; Krochmal, Aaron ; Ligon, Day ; Munscher, Eric ; Nordberg, Eric ; Roth, Timothy ; Santoro, Anthony ; Schaffer, Jason ; Simms, Angela ; Spencer, Ricky-John ; Stone, Paul ; Voves, Kameron ; Walde, Andrew ; Wassens, Skye ; Welsh, Michael ; Whiterod, Nick ; Wirth, Wytamma ; Van Dyke, James
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This data set contains size and/or sex data from 41,021 freshwater turtles from 38 species and 428 populations located in parts of Australia both with and without introduced foxes, as well as populations in the United States of America, which naturally have raccoons (Procyon lotor), foxes, and other nest predators. The goal was to examine population-level body size distributions to establish a baseline for “typical” turtle populations and test whether populations that are exposed to introduced foxes have proportionately fewer juveniles compared to both AU populations that lack introduced foxes and USA populations that are naturally exposed to nest predators. We additionally conducted analyses on the biases of trapping methods, effects of sample size, and effects of water body type. This data set was assembled by pooling the data from numerous researchers.

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Savanna Field Station; University of New England; James Cook University; Murdoch University; University of Canberra; Tiaro and District Landcare Group Inc.; University of South Florida; Wildlife and Threatened Species Operations, Department of Environment and Science; Oklahoma Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office; University of Arkansas at Fayetteville; Susquehannock Wildlife Society; Washington College, Chestertown; Southeast Missouri State University; SWCA Environmental Consultants; Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster; La Trobe University; Western Sydney University; University of Central Oklahoma; Florida Ecological Services Office; Turtle Survival Alliance; Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water; Goyder Institute for Water Research; The University of Melbourne
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Donald McKnight (Creator); Deborah Bower (Creator); Ellen Ariel (Creator); Stephen Beatty (Creator); Simon Clulow (Creator); Marilyn Connell (Creator); Annette Deppe (Creator); Jeremiah Doody (Creator); Alastair Freeman (Creator); Arthur Georges (Creator); Samantha Hannabass (Creator); Ethan Hollender (Creator); Hunter Howell (Creator); Aaron Krochmal (Creator); Day Ligon (Creator); Eric Munscher (Creator); Eric Nordberg (Creator); Timothy Roth (Creator); Anthony Santoro (Creator); Jason Schaffer (Creator); Angela Simms (Creator); Ricky-John Spencer (Creator); Paul Stone (Creator); Kameron Voves (Creator); Andrew Walde (Creator); Michael Welsh (Creator); Nick Whiterod (Creator); Wytamma Wirth (Creator)

Created: 2025-06-25 to 2025-06-25

Issued: 2025-06-25

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