Mating Opportunities of Female Gopher Tortoises, Gopherus polyphemus, in Relation to Spatial Isolation of Females and Their Burrows

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 4, 2003, Pages 846-850

  Boglioli, Melissa D ^a,c   Guyer, Craig ^a   Michener, William K ^b,d  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOSEPH W JONES ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c University of New Mexico ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BURROW; POLYGYNY; REPTILE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AMPHIBIA; GOPHERUS; GOPHERUS POLYPHEMUS; POLYPHEMUS; REPTILIA; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 0346104913     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/h202-009.1     Document Type: Article

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