Sean Boyle
@PQPTurtles
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Postdoctoral Fellow @MemorialU studying spatial and population ecology of moose. Views my own. He/him.
St. John's, Newfoundland and L
Joined June 2014
.@PQPTurtles, a postdoctoral researcher at @MemorialU, says people may not realize just how common #salamanders are. He said they are an important part of the ecosystem but they are out of sight for almost the entire year -
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🚨New paper🚨: Individual and synergistic effects of habitat loss and roads on reptile occupancy https://t.co/XY5jTGuAwn tl;dr: habitat loss the best pred of occupancy. minor synergistic effects at 10km scale 🧵👇Results w Ontario Reptile & Amphibian Atlas #communityscience
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Find the full paper here --> https://t.co/dGPqqghGcW Open access for 50 days from publication!
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Finally, this project involved A LOT of people. Partners, mentors, colleagues, field techs, volunteers, funders, all of which were integral to its success.
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Our study highlights importance of road-effect mitigation, and demonstrates that fencing and tunnels can effectively reduce harmful road effects, both by significantly decreasing mortality, as well as facilitating crossings to a meaningful portion of the population.
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Finally we put this all in context using population estimates. Based on two years of tunnel usage data, ~12% of the snapping turtles and ~5% of the painted turtles in the local population were using tunnels. Very few studies have ever put tunnel usage in a population context.
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Tunnel usage was highly variable and corresponded to major life history events for each taxa. Importantly though, these events were spread out over 6 months, something short-term monitoring wouldn't have captured!
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We also monitored tunnel usage by reptiles and amphibians, using a combinations of #PITtags and #cameratraps.
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We found that road mortality was reduced for turtles and amphibians compared to our control site- great! However, we found no effect of the mitigation on snake mortality - not good!
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Road mortality is a major threat to reptile and amphibian populations. Using a 6-year paired BACI design, we tested if roadside fencing and tunnels beneath the road would reduce road mortality rates of reptiles and amphibians.
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**NEW PAPER ALERT** 'Road effect mitigation promotes connectivity and reduces mortality at the population level'. #turtles #snakes #amphibians #roadecology @OntarioParks @PresquilePP
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Did you miss our #WildlifeRoadMortalityWebinar yesterday? Fret not! for we now have it on our website for your viewing pleasure: https://t.co/TskqNhPplj Thanks again to all of our wonderful speakers @ProjectSplatter @DebobrotoSircar @PQPTurtles @hedgehoghugh
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Really nice to see @PQPTurtles start off his presentation with the below slide, acknowledging the indigenous peoples’ ancestral homelands where this research has come from #WildlifeRoadMortalityWebinar
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......and we're back to our #WildlifeRoadMortalityWebinar after a short break. We are now listening to Dr. Sean Boyle's (@PQPTurtles) presentation on his studies on mammals and amphibians in Ontario, Canada: 'Before-After-Control-Impact'
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With just minutes to go until our #WildlifeRoadMortalityWebinar we are so hyped! We are looking forward to seeing our panelists and attendees. @DebobrotoSircar @ProjectSplatter @PQPTurtles @juleslhoward @hedgehoghugh @wti_org_india
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We’re so excited that Dr Sean Boyle (@PQPTurtles) is going to be speaking at our #WildlifeRoadMortality Webinar about studies on mammals and amphibians. Register here for your FREE ticket: https://t.co/TskqNhPplj
@ARGroupsUK @ben_a_goldfarb @ChrisGPackham @MeganMcCubbin
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We’re so excited that Dr Sean Boyle (@PQPTurtles) is going to be speaking at our #WildlifeRoadMortality Webinar about studies on mammals and amphibians. Register here for your FREE ticket: https://t.co/TskqNhPplj
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What an amazing way to start off a weekend! Twenty-seven #LitzgusLab past, present, and future members enjoyed drinks together from around the world! A group representing 15 years of research on 🐢ecology, conservation, and behaviour. Cheers to many more, and to Dr. Litzgus!
Yesterday, almost every past grad student (~30) from Dr. Litzgus #TeamTurtle🐢 got together for a virtual hang-out. Reminded that: 1. Great lab leaders are gold (i've been so lucky!) 2. Collabs w great people=🥇. Many w/ cont'd collabs after grad (inside & out academy)
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Incredibly excited to share our publication: "Predation and disease limit population recovery following 15 years of headstarting an endangered freshwater turtle".
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