Return to the wild: Translocation as a tool in conservation of the Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii)

Biological Conservation

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 232-245

  Field, Kimberleigh J ^a   Tracy, C Richard ^a   Medica, Philip A ^b   Marlow, Ronald W ^a   Corn, Paul Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Augmentation; Chelonian; Mojave Desert; Nevada; Relocation; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; MORTALITY; MOVEMENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRANSLOCATION; TURTLE; WATER AVAILABILITY;

MOJAVE DESERT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

GOPHERUS AGASSIZII; TESTUDINES; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 33847353859     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.11.022     Document Type: Article

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