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Data from: Reconstructing the mass and thermal ecology of North American Pleistocene tortoises
, 2019 Researchers often interpret the presence of tortoises in Pleistocene assemblages as evidence of an interglacial age, based on an assumption that these fossils indicate thermic climates, as modern giant tortoises require.
Esker, Donald +5 more
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, 2012 Includes bibliographical references (p. 33-38).Translocation of threatened or vulnerable species is a tool increasingly used for conservation and management, and in some species the behavioral and physiological responses to translocation may undermine ...
Hinderle, Danna
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The tortoises and turtles of Madagascar
, 2008 Madagascar has a rich and diverse reptile fauna including several species of chelonians that are found nowhere else. It is home to such spectacular species as the Radiated Tortoise, Astrochelys radiata, the Spider Tortoise, Pyxis arachnoides, and the ...
Pedrono, Miguel
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Studying a Species in Decline: Gopher Tortoises and the Dilemma of Correction Factors
, 1992 Numbers of gopher tortoises are declining throughout the southeastern United States, largely because of loss of habitat. Widespread monitoring of population sizes for gopher tortoises usually is done indirectly, by examining the burrows that tortoises ...
Mushinsky, Henry R., McCoy, Earl D.
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, 2003 Se pretende enseñar a los niños el ciclo de vida de las tortugas y la forma en que interactúan con su entorno, sus hábitos, su estilo de vida y las amenazas a los que se enfrenta por la actuación de los hombres al modificar las condiciones ambientales. La obra contiene un mapa de distribución del hábitat de la tortuga, glosario y bibliografía.
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, 2018 The Galápagos, an isolated cluster of small equatorial volcanic islands, have long been famous for their many unique endemic species, such as Galápagos giant tortoises. Unfortunately, these islands are now also increasingly notable for facing immense
Howlett, Sonia
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Habitat quality in farmland influences the activity patterns of giant Galapagos tortoises
Many Galapagos giant tortoises make seasonal migrations from arid lowlands in the wet season, to humid highlands in the dry season. However, for critically endangered Western Santa Cruz giant tortoises (Chelonoidis porteri), at least 88% of the habitat ...
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Genomics and proteomics: of hares, tortoises and the complexity of tortoises [PDF]
Expert Review of Proteomics, 2012 openaire +2 more sources
Exploratory values for venous blood gas analysis of clinically healthy Hermann's tortoises (<i>Testudo hermanni</i>). [PDF]
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Behavioral Selection of Coprophagy in an Arid-Adapted Herbivore: Does a Compatibility-Risk Gradient Shape Selective Coprophagy? [PDF]
Ecol EvolMoeller C +3 more
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