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Desert Tortoise (Gopherus Agassizii)

Desert tortoise

Author: Mark C. Grover

Publisher:

ISBN: MINN:31951D03001296F

Category: Desert tortoise

Page: 140

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Provides an overview of extant desert tortoise literature, summarizing literature on taxonomy, morphology, genetics, and paleontology and paleoecology of the desert tortoise, as well as its general ecology. Literature on desert tortoise ecology encompasses distribution and habitat, burrows and dens, reproduction, growth, physiology, feeding and nutrition, mortality factors, and behavior. Information on habitat deterioration, management of tortoises, their legal status and tortoise husbandry is also included. The manuscript is a complete overview of existing literature, including peer-reviewed literature and other literature. Information was compiled from materials available in 1991.

Language: en
Pages: 140

Desert Tortoise (Gopherus Agassizii)

Authors: Mark C. Grover

Categories: Desert tortoise

Type: BOOK - Published: 1995 - Publisher:

Language: en
Pages: 404

The Sonoran Desert Tortoise

Authors: Thomas R. Van Devender

Categories: Science

Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-09-01 - Publisher: University of Arizona Press

One of the most recognizable animals of the Southwest, the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) makes its home in both the Sonoran and Mohave Deserts, as well as in tropical areas to the south in Mexico. Called by Tohono O'odham people "komik'c-ed," or "shell with living thing inside," it is one