Relative abundance of desert tortoises on the Nevada Test Site
Abstract
Seven hundred fifty-nine transects having a total length of 1,191 km were walked during 1981--1986 to determine the distribution and relative abundance of desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) on the Nevada Test Site (NTS). The abundance of tortoises on NTS was low to very low relative to other populations in the Mojave Desert. Sign of tortoises was found from 880 to 1,570 m elevation and was more abundant above 1,200 m than has been reported previously for Nevada. Tortoises were more abundant on NTS on the upper alluvial fans and slopes of mountains than in valley bottoms. They also were more common on or near limestone and dolomite mountains than on mountains of volcanic origin.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- EG and G Energy Measurements, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 10121823
- Report Number(s):
- EGG-11265-2039
ON: DE94006484; TRN: 94:003608
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC08-93NV11265
- Resource Type:
- Technical Report
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: [1993]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; NEVADA TEST SITE; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; BASELINE ECOLOGY; TURTLES; DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; ABUNDANCE; 540250; 540210; 550100; SITE RESOURCE AND USE STUDIES; BASIC STUDIES; BEHAVIORAL BIOLOGY
Citation Formats
Rautenstrauch, K R, and O`Farrell, T P. Relative abundance of desert tortoises on the Nevada Test Site. United States: N. p., 1993.
Web. doi:10.2172/10121823.
Rautenstrauch, K R, & O`Farrell, T P. Relative abundance of desert tortoises on the Nevada Test Site. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/10121823
Rautenstrauch, K R, and O`Farrell, T P. 1993.
"Relative abundance of desert tortoises on the Nevada Test Site". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/10121823. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/10121823.
@article{osti_10121823,
title = {Relative abundance of desert tortoises on the Nevada Test Site},
author = {Rautenstrauch, K R and O`Farrell, T P},
abstractNote = {Seven hundred fifty-nine transects having a total length of 1,191 km were walked during 1981--1986 to determine the distribution and relative abundance of desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) on the Nevada Test Site (NTS). The abundance of tortoises on NTS was low to very low relative to other populations in the Mojave Desert. Sign of tortoises was found from 880 to 1,570 m elevation and was more abundant above 1,200 m than has been reported previously for Nevada. Tortoises were more abundant on NTS on the upper alluvial fans and slopes of mountains than in valley bottoms. They also were more common on or near limestone and dolomite mountains than on mountains of volcanic origin.},
doi = {10.2172/10121823},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/10121823},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1993},
month = {Fri Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1993}
}
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