We investigated reproductive and hatchling ecology of Gopher Tortoises at Camp Shelby
Training Site in southern Mississippi from 1997–2000. Data were collected on nesting …

We examined growth patterns of gopher tortoises in slash pine plantations using recapture
data from a five-year period. Growth data were fitted to the von Bertalanffy and logistic …

We sampled a population of gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) from May to October
1997 to determine seasonal cycles of steroid hormones (testosterone, T; 17β-estradiol, E; …

Since the early 1990s, morbidity and mortality in tortoise populations have been associated
with a transmissible, mycoplasmal upper respiratory tract disease (URTD). Although the …

The long‐term viability of gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) populations is
jeopardized by increased urbanization and habitat degradation owing to fire suppression …

Abstract In southern Florida, USA, Gopher Tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) primarily
occupy habitats that are considered suboptimal or unsuitable in other parts of the range. The …

Turtles provide excellent models for studies of life history strategies, but terrestrial species
are underrepresented in these analyses. We present a life table and demographic …

We present body and clutch size information for two Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus
polyphemus) populations, the southernmost populations for which such information is …

Conservation biologists need to effectively monitor species given resource limitations and
the inherent challenges of assessing long‐term demographic processes. We assessed …

L'activité, la mobilité, les taux de croissance et l'utilisation de l'espace de 48 jeunes Tortues
mauresques, Testudo graeca, ont été observés pendant une période de 8 mois, de la sortie …