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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Gopherus polyphemus"”.
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Effects of Habitat Quality on Reproduction in Two Georgia Populations of Gopherus Polyphemus
… reproductive parameters for two populations of Gopherus polyphemus in Southeast GA. Both habitat structure and reproductive parameters for these populations are known from a previous study, thus this study expands upon the previous one and addresses four main questions. (1) Has habitat quality …
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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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Parasite Burden and Potential Virus Exposure in the Gopher Tortoise <em>(Gopherus polyphemus)</em>
… reptiles such as the gopher tortoise (<em>Gopherus polyphemus</em>) may serve as hosts for arboviruses, especially Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus (EEEV), in the southeastern United States, and such a role may be related to endo- and ectoparasite loads in the tortoise. To assess this …
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Home Range, Reproduction, and Habitat Characteristics of the Female Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus Polyphemus) in Southeast Georgia
The relationship among female gopher tortoise home range, size, reproduction, habitat characteristics and season were studied for a two-year period (May 2002-May 2004) on Fort Stewart Army Reserve (FSAR) in southeast Georgia. Tortoises were studied in four sectors or regions on Ft. Stewart that …
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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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Maternal Effects and Offspring Behavior: Potential Contributors to the Lack of Recruitment in Mississippi Gopher Tortoises (<i>Gopherus polyphemus</i>)
… threatened in Mississippi, gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) populations within the state have strongly variable recruitment and are generally in decline. Hatching success is significantly lower in Mississippi than in any other part of the species’ range , and most hatchlings die within …
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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
… 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 site, and whether …
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Conservation Genetics of Threatened Gopher Tortoises, <i>Gopherus polyphemus</i>: An Assessment of Genetic Variation and Parentage in Two Populations in South Mississippi
… the protection of gopher tortoises, <em>Gopherus polyphemus</em>, in the western portion of their range for over twenty years, populations of the De Soto National Forest (DNF) in southern Mississippi experience low recruitment and lower hatching success than populations in the eastern …
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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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Use of environmental variables to infer gene flow and population structure in the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) and predict the seroprevalence of an emerging infectious disease
… and gene flow in a federally threatened reptile, Gopherus polyphemus. I also utilize approaches from the field of spatial epidemiology to examine the extent to which environmental variables can be used to predict the seroprevalence of an associated pathogen Mycoplasma agassizzi in gopher tortoise …
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Patterns in the Presence of Respiratory Tract Mycoplasmas in Four Species of North American Tortoises
… among four North American tortoise species: Gopherus polyphemus (gopher tortoise), G. berlandieri (Texas tortoise), G. morafkai (Sonoran desert tortoise), and G. agassizii (Mojave desert tortoise) in populations that were sampled in three replicate sites. We assessed the presence of …
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Terrestrial Movements and Habitat Use of Gopher Frogs (Rana capito) at Fort Benning, Georgia
… {Peromyscus polionotus) or gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus). Gopher tortoise burrows used were almost exclusively inactive or abandoned. All small mammal burrows used appeared to be inactive or abandoned. Habitat types were delineated around the breeding site based on vegetation …