{"id":20101,"date":"2018-05-02T03:50:53","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T03:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.algonquinwrs.ca\/?page_id=20101"},"modified":"2020-03-10T19:42:16","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T19:42:16","slug":"herpetology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.algonquinwrs.ca\/index.php\/herpetology\/","title":{"rendered":"Herpetology"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1525232995416{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 20vw !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 20vw !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: right;\">Last Updated: March 25, 2014<\/h4>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1525233050519{padding-right: 20vw !important;padding-left: 20vw !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>i) Published Research:<\/h3>\n<p>Bobyn, M. L. &amp; R. J. Brooks, 1994. Incubation conditions as potential factors limiting the northern distribution of snapping turtles, Chelydra serpentina. Can. J. Zool., 72(1): 28-37. APM Reprint # 5494.<\/p>\n<p>Bobyn, M. L. &amp; R. J. Brooks, 1994. Interclutch and interpopulation variation in the effects of incubation conditions on sex, survival and growth of hatchling turtles (Chelydra serpentina). Can. J. Zool., 233: 233-257. APM Reprint # 5491.<\/p>\n<p>Brooks, R. J., 1991. Monitoring wildlife populations in long-term studies. Can. Wild. Service Occas. Papers, 76: 94-97. APM Reprint # 5445.<\/p>\n<p>Brooks, R. J., Bobyn, M. L., Galbraith, D. A., Layfield, J. A. &amp; E. G. Nancekivell, 1991. Maternal and environmental influences on growth and survival of embryonic and hatchling snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina). Can. J. Zool., 69(10): 2667-2676.<\/p>\n<p>Brooks, R. J., Brown, G. P. &amp; D. A. Galbraith, 1991. Effects of a sudden increase in natural mortality of adults on a population of the common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina). Can. J. Zool., 69: 1314-1320. APM Reprint # 5011.<\/p>\n<p>Brooks, R. J., Galbraith, D. A. &amp; J. A. Layfield, 1990. Occurrence of Placobdella parasitica (Hirudinea) on snapping turtles, Chelydra serpentina, in southeastern Ontario. J. Parasitol. 76(2): 190-195. APM Reprint # 4925.<\/p>\n<p>Brooks, R. J., Galbraith, D. A., Nancekivell, E. G. &amp; C. A. Bishop, 1988. Developing management guidelines for snapping turtles. Pp. 174-179 In Szaro, R. C., K. E. Severson, &amp; D. R. Patton [tech. coord.], Symposium on Management of Amphibians, Reptiles, and Small Mammals in North America. USDA For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Report, RM-166. APM Reprint # 1706.<\/p>\n<p>Brooks, R. J., Krawchuck, M. A., Stevens, C. &amp; N. Koper, 1997. Testing the precision and accuracy of age estimates using lines in scutes of Chelydra serpentina and Chrysemys picta. J. Herpetol., 31: 521-529.<\/p>\n<p>Brooks, R. J., Shilton, C. M., Brown, G. P. &amp; N. W. S. Quinn, 1992. Body size, age distribution, and reproduction in a northern population of wood turtles (Clemmys insculpta). Can. J. Zool., 70(3): 462-469. APM Reprint # 5101.<\/p>\n<p>Brown, G. P. &amp; R. J. Brooks, 1991. Thermal and behavioural responses to feeding in free ranging turtles, Chelydra serpentina. J. Herpetol., 25: 273-278. APM Reprint # 5030.<\/p>\n<p>Brown, G. P. &amp; R. J. Brooks, 1993. Sexual and seasonal differences in activity in a northern population of snapping turtles, Chelydra serpentina. Herpetologica , 49(3): 311-318. APM Reprint # 5361.<\/p>\n<p>Brown, G. P. &amp; R. J. Brooks, 1994. Characteristics of and fidelity to hibernacula in a northern population of snapping turtles, Chelydra serpentina. Copeia , 1: 222-226. APM Reprint # 5360.<\/p>\n<p>Brown, G. P., Bishop, C. A. &amp; R. J. Brooks, 1994. Growth rate, reproductive output, and temperature selection of snapping turtles in habitats of different productivities. J. of Herpetol., 38(4): 405-410. APM Reprint # 5493.<\/p>\n<p>Brown, G. P., Brooks, R. J. &amp; J. A. Layfield, 1990. Radiotelemetry and body temperatures of free-ranging snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina) during summer. Can. J. Zool., 68: 1659-1663. APM Reprint # 4812.<\/p>\n<p>Brown, G. P., Siddall, M. E. Brooks, R. J. &amp; S. S. Desser, 1994. Parasites and reproductive output of snapping turtles, Chelydra serpentina. Copeia 1: 228-231. APM Reprint # 5362.<\/p>\n<p>Carriere, M-A, N. Rollinson, A. N. Suley, and R. J. Brooks. 2008. Thermoregulation when the growing season is short: sex-biased basking patterns in a northern population of Painted Turtles (Chrysemys Picta). Journal of Herpetology 42: 206-209.<\/p>\n<p>Cunnington, D. C. &amp; R. J. Brooks, 1996. Bet-hedging theory and eigenelasticity: a comparison of the life histories of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) and snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina). Can. J. Zool., 74: 291-296.<\/p>\n<p>de Solla, S. R., Bonduriansky, R. &amp; R. J. Brooks, 1998. Eliminating autocorrelation reduces biological relevance of home range estimates. J. Anim. Ecol., In Press.<\/p>\n<p>Edmonds, J. H. &amp; R. J. Brooks, 1996. Demography, sex ratio, and sexual size dimorphism in a northern population of common musk turtles (Sternotherus odoratus). Can. J. Zool., 74: 918-925.<\/p>\n<p>Galbraith, D. A. &amp; R. J. Brooks, 1983. A simple restraining device for large turtles. Herpetological Review , 14(4): 115.<\/p>\n<p>Galbraith, D. A. &amp; R. J. Brooks, 1984. A tagging method for use in hatchling turtles. Herpetological Review , 15(3): 73-75.<\/p>\n<p>Galbraith, D. A. &amp; R. J. Brooks, 1987. Survivorship of adult females in a northern population of common snapping turtles, Chelydra serpentina. Can. J. Zool., 65: 1581-1586. APM Reprint # 4289.<\/p>\n<p>Galbraith, D. A. &amp; R. J. Brooks, 1987. Addition of annual growth lines in adult snapping turtles Chelydra serpentina. J. of Herpetology , 21(4): 359-363. APM Reprint # 4375.<\/p>\n<p>Galbraith, D. A. &amp; R. J. Brooks, 1987. Photographs and dental casts as permanent records for age estimates and growth studies of turtles. Herpetological Review , 18(4): 69-71.<\/p>\n<p>Galbraith, D. A. &amp; R. J. Brooks, 1989. Age estimates for snapping turtles. J. of Wildlife Management , 53(2): 502-508. APM Reprint # 4708.<\/p>\n<p>Galbraith, D. A., Bishop, C. A., Brooks, R. J., Simser, W. L. &amp; K. P. Lampman, 1988. Factors affecting the density of populations of common snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina). Can. J. Zool., 66: 1233-1240. APM Reprint # 4450.<\/p>\n<p>Galbraith, D. A., Brooks, R. J. &amp; M. E. Obbard, 1989. The influence of growth rate on age and body size at maturity in female snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina). Copeia , 4: 896-904. APM Reprint # 4707.<\/p>\n<p>Galbraith, D. A., Chandler, M. W. &amp; R. J. Brooks, 1987. The fine structure of home ranges of male Chelydra serpentina: are snapping turtles territorial. Can. J. Zool., 65: 2623-2629. APM Reprint # 4377.<\/p>\n<p>Galbraith, D. A., White, B. N., Brooks, R. J. &amp; P. T. Boag, 1993. Multiple paternity in clutches of snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina) detected using DNA fingerprints. Herpetology Can. J. Zool. 71: 318-324.<\/p>\n<p>Galbraith, D. A., White, B. N., Brooks, R. J., Kaufmann, J. H. &amp; P. T. Boag, 1995. DNA fingerprinting of turtles. J. Herpetology , 29: 285-291.<\/p>\n<p>Knight, T. W., Layfield, J. A. &amp; R. J. Brooks, 1990. Nutritional status and mean selected temperature of hatchling snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina) &#8211; is there a thermophilic response to feeding? Copeia , 4: 1067-1072. APM Reprint # 4924.<\/p>\n<p>Koper, N. &amp; R. J. Brooks, 1998. Population-size estimates and unequal catchability in painted turtles. Can. J. Zool., 76: 458-465.<\/p>\n<p>LeGros, D. L. 2012. Communal Oviposition in the Northern Two-lined Salamander (Eurycea bislineata) in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario. The Canadian Field-Naturalist, 125(4), 363-365.<\/p>\n<p>Loncke, D. J. &amp; M. E. Obbard, 1977. Tag success, clutch size and nesting site fidelity for the snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina, (Reptilia, Testudines, Chelydridae) in Algonquin Park, Ontario. J. of Herpetology , 11(2): 243-244. APM Reprint # 1591.<\/p>\n<p>Makowski, A., 1990. Algonquin Park painted turtle study. Wildland News , 22(4): 3. APM Reprint # 4768.<\/p>\n<p>Martin, D. S. &amp; H. Hong, 1991. The use of BactineR in the treatment of open wounds and other lesions of captive anurans. Herp. Rev., 22: 21.<\/p>\n<p>Mountjoy, D. J., 1982. First specimen of Ambystoma tremblayi for Algonquin Park, Ontario. Herpetological Review , APM Reprint # 3309.<\/p>\n<p>Obbard, M. E. &amp; R. J. Brooks, 1979. Factors affecting basking in a northern population of the common snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina. Can. J. Zool., 57(2): 435-440. APM Reprint # 3052.<\/p>\n<p>Obbard, M. E. &amp; R. J. Brooks, 1980. Nesting migrations of the snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina). Herpetologica , 36(2): 158-162. APM Reprint # 2637.<\/p>\n<p>Obbard, M. E. &amp; R. J. Brooks, 1981. Fate of overwintered clutches of the common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) in Algonquin Park, Ontario. Canadian Field-Naturalist 95: 350-352. APM Reprint # 2170.<\/p>\n<p>Obbard, M. E. &amp; R. J. Brooks, 1981. A radio-telemetry and mark-recapture study of activity in the common snapping turtle, (Chelydra serpentina). Copeia , 3: 630-637. APM Reprint # 2167.<\/p>\n<p>Obbard, M. E. &amp; R. J. Brooks, 1987. Predicting of the onset of the annual nesting season of the common snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina. Herpetologica , 43(3): 324-328. APM Reprint # 4376.<\/p>\n<p>Quinn, N. &amp; D. Tate, 1991. Seasonal movements and habitat of wood turtles, (Clemmys insculpta), in Algonquin Park, Canada. J. of Herpetology , 25(2): 217-220. APM Reprint # 4636.<\/p>\n<p>Rollinson, N., and R. J. Brooks. 2008. Optimal offspring provisioning when egg size is &#8220;constrained&#8221;: a case study with the painted turtle. Oikos 117: 144-151.<\/p>\n<p>Rollinson, N., and R. J. Brooks. 2008. Sources and significance of among-individual reproductive variation in a northern population of painted turtles. Copeia 2008(3): 533-541.<\/p>\n<p>Rollinson, N., and R. J. Brooks. 2007. Marking nests increases the frequency of nest depredation in a northern population of painted turtles (Chrysemys picta). Journal of Herpetology 41(1):174-176.<\/p>\n<p>Rollinson, N., and R. J. Brooks. 2007. Proximate constraints on reproductive output: an empirical test of the bet-hedging hypothesis in a northern population of painted turtles (Chrysemys picta). Canadian Journal of Zoology 85(2): 177-184.<\/p>\n<p>Rollinson, N., G. J. Tattersall, and R. J. Brooks. 2008. Overwintering habitats of a northern population of Painted Turtles, Chrysemys picta: Winter temperature selection and dissolved oxygen concentrations. Journal of Herpetology 42 (2): 312-321.<\/p>\n<p>Schwartzkopf, L. &amp; R. J. Brooks, 1985. Sex determination in northern painted turtles: effect of incubation at constant and fluctuating temperatures. Can. J. Zool., 63: 2543-2547. APM Reprint # 3984.<\/p>\n<p>Schwartzkopf, L. &amp; R. J. Brooks, 1985. Application of operative environmental temperatures to analysis of basking behaviour in Chrysemys picta. Herpetologica , 41(2): 206-212. APM Reprint # 3666.<\/p>\n<p>Schwartzkopf, L. &amp; R. J. Brooks, 1986. Annual variations in reproduction characteristics of painted turtles (Chrysemys picta). Can. J. Zool., 64: 1148-1151. APM Reprint # 4033.<\/p>\n<p>Schwartzkopf, L. &amp; R. J. Brooks, 1987. Nest-site selection and offspring sex ratio in painted turtles, Chrysemys picta. Copeia , 1: 53-61. APM Reprint # 4221.<\/p>\n<p>Shirose, L. J. &amp; R. J. Brooks, 1995. Age structure, mortality, and longevity in syntopic populations of three species of ranid frogs in central Ontario. Can. J. Zool., 73: 1878-1886.<\/p>\n<p>Shirose, L. J., Bishop, C. A., Green, D. M., MacDonald, C. J., Brooks, R. J. &amp; N. J. Helferty, 1997. Validation tests of an amphibian call count survey technique in Ontario, Canada. Herpetologica , 53: 312-320.<\/p>\n<p>Shirose, L. J., Brooks, R. J., Barta, J. R. &amp; S. S. Desser, 1993. Intersexual differences in growth, mortality, and size at maturity in bullfrogs in central Ontario. Can. J. Zool., 71: 2363-2369. APM Reprint # 5532.<\/p>\n<p>Storey, K. B., Storey, J. M., Brooks, S. P. J., Churchill, T. A. &amp; R. J. Brooks, 1988. Hatchling turtles survive freezing during winter hibernation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 85: 8350-8354. APM Reprint # 79.<\/p>\n<h3>ii) Doctoral and Master&#8217;s Theses:<\/h3>\n<p>Brown, G. P., 1992. Thermal and spatial ecology of a northern population of snapping turtles, Chelydra serpentina. Master\u2019s Thesis, Department of Zoology, University of Guelph. 98 pp. APM Reprint # 5212.<\/p>\n<p>Edge, Chris. 2009. The Blanding\u2019s turtles of Algonquin Park. M.Sc. thesis, Laurentian University<\/p>\n<p>Enright, L., 1998. Effects of selection logging on amphibian diversity and abundance in shade-tolerant hardwood forests of Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario. Master\u2019s Thesis, Department of Zoology, University of Guelph. 111 pp.<\/p>\n<p>Galbraith, D. A., 1986. Age estimates, survival, growth, and maturity of female Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus) in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario. Master\u2019s Thesis, Department of Zoology, University of Guelph. 134 pp. APM Reprint # 4041.<\/p>\n<p>Galbraith, D. A., 1991. Studies of mating systems in wood turtles (Clemmys insculpta) and snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina) using DNA fingerprinting. Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Biology, Queen&#8217;s University.<\/p>\n<p>Hughes, E. 2011 The effect of sex ratio on male reproductive success in painted turtles (Chrysemys picta) PhD thesis University of Guelph. Guelph. ON<\/p>\n<p>LeGros, David. Occupy the logging road: Amphibian demography, phenology and response to mitigation in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario. MSc. Thesis. Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON.<\/p>\n<p>Lochead, J., 1999. The effects of body size, kinship, prior residency and food availability on aggression and contest outcomes of hatchling snapping turtles, Chelydra serpentina. Master\u2019s Thesis, Department of Zoology, University of Guelph.<\/p>\n<p>MacDonald, C. J., 1997. Reproductive success, mating strategies, and long-term population trends in the bullfrog. Master\u2019s Thesis, Department of Zoology, University of Guelph.<\/p>\n<p>Obbard, M. E., 1977. A radio-telemetry and tagging study of activity in the common snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina. Master\u2019s Thesis, Department of Zoology, University of Guelph. 76 pp. APM Reprint # 2881.<\/p>\n<p>Obbard, M. E., 1983. Population ecology of the common snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina, in northcentral Ontario. Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Zoology, University of Guelph. 184 pp. APM Reprint # 3667.<\/p>\n<p>Riley, Julia. The Importance of Nest Environment for Turtle Conservation, Hatchling Overwintering Strategy, and Fitness. MSc. Thesis. Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON<\/p>\n<p>Schwartzkopf, L., 1984. The effect of temperature on sex determination and nest site selection in painted turtles, Chrysemys picta (Gray, 1844). Master\u2019s Thesis, Department of Zoology, University of Guelph. 82 pp. APM Reprint # 3656.<\/p>\n<h3>iii) Technical and Research Papers:<\/h3>\n<p>Boyle, S.P., and Moldowan, P.D. 2013. Ambystoma Maculatum (Spotted Salamander). Terrestrial Oviposition. Herpetological Review 44(1): 113-114.<\/p>\n<p>Brooks, R. J. &amp; L. J. Shirose, 1994. Abundance of three species of ranid frogs in Algonquin Park from 1985-1993. Report to Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, University of Guelph. 51 pp. APM Reprint # 5366.<\/p>\n<p>Brooks, R. J. &amp; L. Wilkinson, 1992. Abundance of three species of ranid frogs in Algonquin Provincial Park. Report to Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, University of Guelph. 31 pp. APM Reprint # 5339.<\/p>\n<p>Mountjoy, D. J., 1981. The Ambystoma jeffersonianum complex of salamanders, with an examination of specimens from Algonquin Park, Ontario. Unpublished paper, 23 pp. APM Reprint # 3310.<\/p>\n<p>Obbard, M. E., 1985. A status report for the wood turtle (Clemmys insculpta) in Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Wildlife Branch. 43 pp. APM Reprint # 3660.<\/p>\n<p>Quinn, N. &amp; D. Tate, 1987. Ecology of the wood turtle (Clemmys insculpta) in Algonquin Park. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Progress Report. 17 pp. APM Reprint # 4350.<\/p>\n<p>Riley, J.L., Keevil, M., Moldowan, P., and Litzgus, J.D. 2011. Emydoidea Blandingii (Blanding\u2019s turtle). Record egg size. Herpetological Review 42(3): 417-418.<\/p>\n<p>Totton, S., 1992. Effects of natural acidity on reproductive success and genetic variation in the spotted salamander (A. maculatum). Typewritten report, Department of Zoology, University of Guelph. 11 pp. and tables. 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