Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) abundance and distribution after prescribed fire reintroduction to Florida scrub and sandhill at Archbold Biological Station

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 523-529

  Ashton, Kyle G ^a,b   Engelhardt, Blake M ^a,c   Branciforte, Brian S ^a,d  

^a ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

^b University of Nevada Reno ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOPHERUS; GOPHERUS POLYPHEMUS;

EID: 51949105237     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/06-246.1     Document Type: Article

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