/* DATA DESCRIPTION:
Citation:	Tornabene, Brian J (2019): Movements and spatial habitat selection of 54 Apalone spinifera in 633 river kilometers of the Yellowstone River in Montana from 2005-2009 [dataset publication series]. University of Montana, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.902842
Abstract:	Turtle populations are imperiled worldwide, but limited ecological information from unaltered systems hampers science-based management and conservation of some species, especially riverine turtles such as the spiny softshell (Apalone spinifera). We therefore investigated movements and spatial habitat selection of 54 A. spinifera in 633 river kilometers (rkm) of the least-altered river in the conterminous United States - the Yellowstone River in Montana - from 2005-2009. Movement rates and home ranges were smaller than in fragmented, altered river systems because nesting and overwintering habitats were common and in close proximity. Habitat selection also differed. Apalone spinifera in the Yellowstone River overwintered in unaltered bluff pools and summered in complex reaches with side channels, islands, and diverse habitats. However, those in the highly-altered Missouri River used deep alluvial pools for overwintering and flooded, inundated, or backwatered tributary mouths in spring and summer. Importantly, selected habitats in both rivers were functionally similar, including complex river reaches (with multiple channels, islands, and diverse habitats) and natural pool types. Unfortunately, these are the very habitats that are limited in rivers affected by dams, bank stabilization, and channelization. Therefore, preservation of natural and diverse riverine habitats - and the fluvial dynamics that maintain them - may enhance conservation of A. spinifera in large rivers.
Keyword(s):	Apalone spinifera; baseline data; Conservation; home range; management; movement; resource selection; Yellowstone River
Coverage:	MEDIAN LATITUDE: 46.608624 * MEDIAN LONGITUDE: -106.442460 * SOUTH-BOUND LATITUDE: 45.665670 * WEST-BOUND LONGITUDE: -108.703100 * NORTH-BOUND LATITUDE: 47.549210 * EAST-BOUND LONGITUDE: -104.226900
	DATE/TIME START: 2005-07-19T00:00:00 * DATE/TIME END: 2009-03-16T00:00:00
Event(s):	YellowstoneRiver * LATITUDE START: 47.549200 * LONGITUDE START: -104.226900 * LATITUDE END: 45.665670 * LONGITUDE END: -108.703100 * LOCATION: Yellowstone, Montana, U.S.A., North America * METHOD/DEVICE: Biology (BIO)
License:	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0) (URI: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Size:	5 datasets
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/* TABULAR SUMMARY OF DATASETS LISTED IN THIS COLLECTION: */
Filename	Citation of child dataset
Tornabene_2019_habitatselection.tab	Tornabene, Brian J (2019): Spatial habitat selection of 54 Apalone spinifera in 633 river kilometers of the Yellowstone River in Montana from 2005-2009. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.902837
Tornabene_2019_homerange.tab	Tornabene, Brian J (2019): Home ranges of 54 Apalone spinifera in 633 river kilometers of the Yellowstone River in Montana from 2005-2009. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.902838
Tornabene_2019_movementrates.tab	Tornabene, Brian J (2019): Movement rates of 54 Apalone spinifera in 633 river kilometers of the Yellowstone River in Montana from 2005-2009. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.902839
Tornabene_2019_passageblockage.tab	Tornabene, Brian J (2019): Passage blockage observations for individual Apalone spinifera in 633 river kilometers of the Yellowstone River in Montana from 2005-2009. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.902840
Tornabene_2019_reachselection.tab	Tornabene, Brian J (2019): Reach selection observations for 54 Apalone spinifera in 633 river kilometers of the Yellowstone River in Montana from 2005-2009. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.902841
