Habitat associations of gopher tortoise burrows on industrial timberlands

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 456-464

  Jones, Jeanne C ^a,c,d   Dorr, Brian ^b,c,e  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Wildlife Society   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Copherus polyphemus; Endangered species; Gopher tortoise; Herpetofauna; Longleaf pine ecosystem; Pinus palustris; Reptiles; Threatened species; Tortoise

Indexed keywords

BURROWING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FORESTRY; HABITAT LOSS; REPTILE; SANDY SOIL;

ALABAMA; MISSISSIPPI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

GOPHERUS; GOPHERUS POLYPHEMUS; PINUS PALUSTRIS; POLYPHEMUS; REPTILIA; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 3242685426     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2004)32[456:HAOGTB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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