In a letter to BLM and the Interior Department, conservationists argued the project would eliminate thousands of acres of prime tortoise habitat. The proposed solar site in the Mojave Desert receives an impressive-for-the-Mojave 5 to 10 inches of rain annually due to its higher elevation of 3,...
A genetic assessment of the recovery units for the Mojave population of the desert tortoise, Gopherus agassizii. Chelonian Conserv. Biol. 2007, 6, 229–251. 42. Wood, D.; Fisher, R.; Reeder, T. Novel patterns of historical isolation, dispersal, and secondary contact across Baja California ...