Survival and movements of head-started Mojave desert tortoises

Daly, Jacob A.; Buhlmann, Kurt A.; Todd, Brian D.; Moore, Clinton T.; Peaden, J. Mark; Tuberville, Tracey D.

doi:10.1002/jwmg.21758

Title: Survival and movements of head-started Mojave desert tortoises

Journal Article · Thu Sep 26 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Journal of Wildlife Management

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.21758· OSTI ID:1799705

Daly, Jacob A. ^[1]; Buhlmann, Kurt A. ^[1]; Todd, Brian D. ^[2]; Moore, Clinton T. ^[3]; Peaden, J. Mark ^[2]; Tuberville, Tracey D. ^[1]

University of Georgia's Savannah River Ecology Laboratory P.O. Drawer E Aiken SC 29802 USA
Department of WildlifeFish and Conservation Biology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave Davis CA 95616 USA
U.S. Geological Survey, Georgia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research UnitUniversity of Georgia Athens GA 30602 USA

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM)

DOE Contract Number:: FC09-07SR22506

OSTI ID:: 1799705

Journal Information:: Journal of Wildlife Management, Vol. 83, Issue 8; ISSN 0022-541X

Publisher:: Wiley

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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