Continuous remote monitoring of gopher tortoise burrow use

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1240-1243

  Alexy, Karen J ^a,b   Brunjes, Kristina J ^a,c   Gassett, Jonathan W ^a,d,e   Miller, Karl V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KY Dept of Fish and Wildl Rsrc   (United States)

^e KY Dept of Fish and Wildl Rsrc

Author keywords

Burrow; Commensals; Drymarchon corais couperi; Eastern indigo snake; Florida gopher frog; Florida pine snake; Gopher tortoise; Gopherus polyphemus; Motion activated cameras; Pituophis melanoleucous mugitus; Rana capito aesopus

Indexed keywords

BURROW; HABITAT USE; REPTILE;

AESOPUS; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; CAPITO; DRYMARCHON CORAIS; DRYMARCHON CORAIS COUPERI; GOPHERUS; GOPHERUS POLYPHEMUS; INDIGOFERA; PITUOPHIS; PITUOPHIS MELANOLEUCUS; PITUOPHIS MELANOLEUCUS MUGITUS; POLYPHEMUS; RANA CAPITO; RANA CAPITO AESOPUS; REPTILIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 1642505792     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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