Demographic evidence that development is not compatible with sustainability in semi‐urban freshwater turtles

• Published in: Animal conservation Vol. 27; no. 2; pp. 253 - 266
• Main Authors: Auge, A.‐C., Blouin‐Demers, G., Hasler, C. T., Murray, D. L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.04.2024
• Subjects: adults; Canada; culverts; Demography; Development projects; Emydoidea blandingii; environmental sustainability; Females; Fences; Freshwater; Freshwater tortoises; freshwater turtle; Habitat availability; habitat destruction; Habitat loss; Habitats; Indigenous species; Inland water environment; Mitigation; mortality; Native organisms; Population; Population characteristics; Population decline; population dynamics; Population number; population size; Population statistics; Population viability; population viability analysis; Protected species; Risk; road mortality; Roads & highways; species; Species extinction; Sustainability; Sustainable development; traffic; Turtles; Urban areas; Urban development; Urbanization; wetlands; Wildlife; Canada

Balancing urban development with environmental sustainability is a major challenge that is increasingly recognized in planning decisions. Urban development proposals are often approved with the expectation that deleterious impacts on native species will be constrained, but this assumption is rarely...