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Couturier, T., Cheylan, M., Guérette, E., & Besnard, A. (2011). Impacts of a wildfire on the mortality rate and small-scale movements of a hermann's tortoise testudo hermanni hermanni population in southeastern france. Amphibia-Reptilia, 32(4), 541–545.
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| Resource type: Journal Article DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156853811X601627 BibTeX citation key: Couturier2011 View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Habitat = habitat, Schildkröten = turtles + tortoises, Südwesteuropa = South-Western Europa, Testudinidae, Testudo, Testudo hermanni Creators: Besnard, Cheylan, Couturier, Guérette Collection: Amphibia-Reptilia |
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Testudinidae Because they have high longevity and a weak dispersal capacity, chelonians are known to be highly impacted by fire. We investigated the immediate demographic consequences of a wildfire occurring in 2009 on a population of Hermann's tortoises Testudo hermanni in the Plaine des Maures in southeastern France using the multistate capture-recapture method. Over two years (2009 and 2010), 108 adult individuals were marked. Survival probability was higher in the unburned (0.99) than in the burned area (0.43). The inter-annual transition probability from the burned to the unburned area was high (0.72). These results show that fire affects survival by immediately killing individuals and by inducing small-scale movements from burned to unburned areas.
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