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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Gopher Tortoises (Gopherus Polyphemus)"”.
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Influence of Diet on Growth and Health of Captive Hatchling Gopher Tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus)
<p>Accelerated growth in tortoises has traditionally been associated with potential health risks, however empirical evidence in the literature is lacking. In captivity, growth rates of tortoises are generally expected to exceed those of natural populations and the main cause is probably due to …
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A Comparison of Movements and Burrow Usage Between Indigenous and Relocated Gopher Tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) in a Fall Line Sandhills Community
… and ten indigenous to the relocation site) adult gopher tortoises {Gopherus polyphemus) were followed during the late spring, summer and early autumn in Talbot County, Georgia. The objectives of this study were to determine whether relocated gopher tortoises developed fidelity to a relocation …
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Habitat use and activity patterns of Gopher Tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) inhabiting military test ranges and forested sandhills at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida
The Gopher Tortoise is an important component of a number of upland ecological communities throughout the southeastern U.S., but populations have experienced significant declines over the past century, largely in conjunction with the loss of longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) forests. Military …
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The Role of Gopher Tortoise Burrows (Gopherus polyphemus) in Shaping Herpetofaunal Diversity in the Sandhills of Southeast Georgia
<p> Author's abstract: Gopher Tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) are known to have large numbers of invertebrate and vertebrate species associated with their burrows. I compared herpetofaunal species diversity and richness at Gopher Tortoise burrows and random points not near burrows on a sandhill in …
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Terrestrial Movements and Habitat Use of Gopher Frogs (Rana capito) at Fort Benning, Georgia
<p>Gopher frogs (Rana capito) were radio-tracked between the 2000 and 2001 breeding seasons to study their terrestrial movements and habitat use in a longleaf pine- sandhill area on the Fort Benning Military Reservation, Georgia. The telemetry research was conducted in response to the need for …