Assessing age in the desert tortoise Gopherus agassizii: Testing skeletochronology with individuals of known age

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-27

  Curtin, Amanda J ^a,d   Zug, George R ^b   Medica, Philip A ^c   Spotila, James R ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Mojave Desert; North America; Sexual maturity; Skeletochronology; Testudines

Indexed keywords

AGE; BIOCHRONOLOGY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; SEXUAL MATURITY; TURTLE;

MOJAVE DESERT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

GOPHERUS; GOPHERUS AGASSIZII; ILIA; TESTUDINES; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 55349134185     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00108     Document Type: Article

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