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Terrapene carolina

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List of Habitats:
1 Forest
1.4 Forest - Temperate
1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
3 Shrubland
3.4 Shrubland - Temperate
3.6 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Moist
5 Wetlands (inland)
5.3 Wetlands (inland) - Shrub Dominated Wetlands
5.4 Wetlands (inland) - Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands
14 Artificial/Terrestrial
14.2 Artificial/Terrestrial - Pastureland
14.4 Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens
14.6 Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest
List of Conservation Actions:
1 Land/water protection
1.1 Site/area protection (in place)
1.2 Resource & habitat protection (in place)
2 Land/water management
2.1 Site/area management (in place)
2.2 Invasive/problematic species control (in place)
2.3 Habitat & natural process restoration (in place)
3 Species management
3.2 Species recovery (in place)
4 Education & awareness
4.3 Awareness & communications (in place)
5 Law & policy
5.1 Legislation
5.1.3 Sub-national level (in place)
5.2 Policies and regulations (in place)
5.4 Compliance and enforcement
5.4.3 Sub-national level (in place)
List of Threats:
1 Residential & commercial development
1.1 Housing & urban areas
1.2 Commercial & industrial areas
1.3 Tourism & recreation areas
2 Agriculture & aquaculture
2.1 Annual & perennial non-timber crops
2.1.4 Scale Unknown/Unrecorded
2.2 Wood & pulp plantations
2.2.3 Scale Unknown/Unrecorded
4 Transportation & service corridors
4.1 Roads & railroads
5 Biological resource use
5.1 Hunting & trapping terrestrial animals
5.1.1 Intentional use (species is the target)
7 Natural system modifications
7.1 Fire & fire suppression
7.1.1 Increase in fire frequency/intensity
8 Invasive & other problematic species & genes
8.2 Problematic native species
9 Pollution
9.3 Agricultural & forestry effluents
9.3.3 Herbicides and pesticides
11 Climate change & severe weather
11.1 Habitat shifting & alteration
11.3 Temperature extremes
Citation: van Dijk, P.P. 2011. Terrapene carolina. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 May 2013.
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