It’s also the heart of desert tortoise habitat in California, said Ken MacDonald, board member at-large and former president of theDesert Tortoise Councilconservation group, a partner in the new effort. “There’s recreational interests, tribal interests, local community interests,” he said. ...
Even if all of these conservation measures work, however, it will still take decades for the desert tortoise to have enough individuals to be entirely safe from threats to its survival. The primary reason for this is that the tortoises grow very slowly, often lay eggs only ...
Application of diagnostic tests for mycoplasmal infections of desert and gopher tortoises, with Serological and molecular evidence for Testudinid herpesvirus 2 infection in wild Agassiz's deserttortoises here and abroad, as a leader in disease identification, diagnosis, and healthPONDE JACOBSON...
Hardshell Labs advances desert tortoise conservation efforts by duping one of its biggest predators—ravens—by combining 3D printing and spraying grape scent.
Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles: an action plan for their conservation Page 1. Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles An Action Plan for their ConservationIUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group W^ WWF DICE atUKCPage 2. This publication has been produced by IUCN—The World D Stubbs -...
Adaptive management report for the Clark County, Nevada Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan The Desert Conservation Program administers an incidental take permit for desert tortoise and 77 other species. The permit was issued in 2001 by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service in accordance ...
desert tortoise- burrowing tortoise of the arid western United States and northern Mexico; may be reclassified as a member of genus Xerobates Gopherus agassizii tortoise- usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid area except Australia and Antarctica ...
KEYWORDS.–Reptilia;Testudines;Testudinidae;Gopherusagassizii;tortoise;conservation genetics; distinctive population segment; evolutionary significant unit; management units; microsatellites; mitochondrial DNA; Mojave Desert; USA The desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) is a wide- ...
ML Brooks,TC Esque - 《Chelonian Conservation & Biology》 被引量: 323发表: 2002年 Desert tortoise (Mojave population), recovery plan CiteSeerX - Scientific documents that cite the following paper: The Desert Tortoise (Mojave Population) Recovery Plan US Fish,W Service 被引量: 272发表: 1994年...
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