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Linear and landscape disturbances alter Mojave desert tortoise movement behavior
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023 IntroductionAnimal movements are influenced by landscape features; disturbances to the landscape can alter movements, dispersal, and ultimately connectivity among populations.
Steven J. Hromada +7 more
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 4, April 2026.We introduce ENHYDROSS, a new mechanistic model that uses optimal swimming speed and minimum cost of transport to estimate maximum dispersal distances and durations for vertebrates, enabling assessment of long‐distance oceanic dispersal potential. Applied to a range of extant and extinct animals, the model's estimates generally align with observed data;
Alexandros Pantelides +5 more
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Short-Term Space-Use Patterns of Translocated Mojave Desert Tortoise in Southern California. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Increasingly, renewable energy comprises a larger share of global energy production. Across the western United States, public lands are being developed to support renewable energy production.
Matthew L Farnsworth +6 more
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Common construction materials do not deter turtles from nesting in roadside habitat
The Journal of Wildlife Management, Volume 90, Issue 3, April 2026.We used a before‐during‐after study to evaluate rock rip‐rap at wetland crossings as a mitigation strategy to deter female turtles from nesting in unsafe roadside habitats. Although females did not nest in the rip‐rap, they continued to nest in roadside habitat, indicating the strategy was unsuccessful and required further research.
Jenna Kentel +3 more
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Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.Scutavirus testudinidalpha3, formerly Testudinid alphaherpesvirus 3 or testudinid herpesvirus (TeHV)‐3, is a highly contagious herpesvirus that has been reported in multiple testudinid species, causing acute stomatitis–rhinitis complex in affected animals or establishing latent infections in surviving individuals. This study investigated an outbreak of
Han-Yang Wang +8 more
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Endangered Species Research, 2016 Head-starting of Agassizís desert tortoise, a means to aid recovery of this threatened species, may adversely affect offspring sex ratios via temperature-dependent sex determination combined with possible unnatural thermal conditions in head-start ...
Nagy, KA +3 more
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Identification of a novel herpesvirus from a California desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii)
Veterinary Microbiology, 2005 Herpesviruses are significant pathogens of tortoises, causing upper respiratory tract disease and necrotizing stomatitis, with infections often associated with high mortality rates. Herpesvirus infection in a captive California desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) was detected by light microscopic observation of intranuclear inclusion bodies in various
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, P.O. Box 100126, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA ( host institution ) +5 more
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Recommendations for translocating the New Mexico jumping mouse (Zapus luteus)
Wildlife Society Bulletin, Volume 49, Issue 4, December 2025.Restoring degraded riparian areas will improve habitat for the wildlife that rely on them such as the endangered New Mexico jumping mouse, a riparian obligate. We translocated New Mexico jumping mice to avoid harming them during active stream restoration.
Matthew Voorhees +2 more
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Fine-scale analysis reveals cryptic landscape genetic structure in desert tortoises. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 Characterizing the effects of landscape features on genetic variation is essential for understanding how landscapes shape patterns of gene flow and spatial genetic structure of populations. Most landscape genetics studies have focused on patterns of gene
Emily K Latch +3 more
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The Journal of Wildlife Management, Volume 89, Issue 5, July 2025.Gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) are often translocated into soft‐release enclosures with individuals from many other source sites. In a long‐term study of marked, translocated, adults and subadults, we found that survival in high‐density enclosures was higher for individuals with a greater number of potentially familiar individuals co ...
Kevin J. Loope +4 more
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