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tiontoa voidb ecom inga ne n da nge
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ldb erecogn izeda sa ndareasth ataretooclo setop h ra
g m ites.Itw asfo undtha tonlyasm all p
o rtiono f
W etla nds
Atlan ticC oun tyw a
sa vailableha bita tforth eterra
p in.E levationw a
sth em ainfa
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reth ete rra
p incouldne st.Thep rese n ceo f M u
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ph rag m ite
sa relesso fav a
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nso fw e stA tlanticC
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statio
no verthen e
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Intro du ction
Th ed ia m on db ackte rra pinislistedasasp ecieso fsp e cial con ce rnb yNewJe rse yan dh asb eendroppin ginp op ula
tion .H ighfe m ale
m o rtalitya n dth ee ncro ach m entofanin vasivesp e cieso fp lan tca lle
dphragm itesha v eb eenm ainfacto rscau singth e ird e clin
e(C o ok,M cclu
sk e
y
&C h am bers,2 0 17).T h ete rrapinhabitata n dn e stingsite ssh o u ldb e40m etersa wa yfro m ro
adstoh e lpp rev entm o rtality(W urst,2 019).
Ph ra gm itessh o uldn o tben e aranyne stingb ya tle a st1 8m ete rssoth eydon otspre adintotheterrapinh abitat.Elev atio nisa lsoa n oth
e rfactor
tha tco n trolsw h ereth ed iam ondbackte rrap inca nn e stb e cau seth eyneedtola yth e iregg sabovethew aterta blea th ig htid esoth ee ggsd on ot
dro w n(H eg arty,2 01 6).B e
in ga napprop riated ista ncefro m ro a ds,thepropere lev
a tio n,andth epresen ceo fp h ragm itesa reth em ainfactorstha t
dete rm in ew hereth ed iam on dbackterra pinca nin h ab it.
Objective
Thep u rp
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isp roje
ctistoseewh
ereth epossibledia
m o
ndbackte rra
p in
sa reinA tla
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tissuita bleforth ediam ondb ackterrapin.T hefactorth atunqu alifiedm ostwetlandshab itatw ase levation.A sshow ninF igure3 ,thep hragm ite
s
m inim a llyim ped eo nthesu itableh abitata vailabletoth eterrapin,e xce ptonth ew estp artofA tla n
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d itions.Itislik e lythatthep rese nceo fphragm itesis
un de rsta te dinthem apbeca useth ed atala ye rw asfro m 2015a ndo nlyco v
e re
dp hragm ite
sd om inatedare asa salandco verty pe
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un dA tlanticC ountyth athav e
ph rag m itep opulatio
nsthatn eedtob eta k enin toa ccountino rd e
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