[BOOK][B] Ecology of desert systems

WG Whitford, BD Duval - 2019 - books.google.com
Nearly one-third of the land area on our planet is classified as arid or desert. Therefore, an
understanding of the dynamics of such arid ecosystems is essential to managing those …

Avian interactions with renewable energy infrastructure: An update

JA Smith, JF Dwyer - The Condor: Ornithological Applications, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Energy infrastructure is widespread worldwide. Renewable energy technologies, which are
expanding their footprint on the landscape and their contribution to energy availability …

[PDF][PDF] Population trends in Mojave desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii)

LJ Allison, AM McLuckie - Herpetological Conservation and Biology, 2018 - fws.gov
Populations of the Mojave Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) experienced severe
declines in abundance in the decades leading up to 1990, when the species was listed as …

Predicting translocation outcomes with personality for desert tortoises

JM Germano, MG Nafus, JA Perry, DB Hall… - Behavioral …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
As mitigation-and conservation-driven translocations of declining species escalate,
establishing best practices for conservation practitioners is critical. A variety of factors, such …

The catastrophic decline of tortoises at a fenced natural area

KH Berry, JL Yee, TA Shields… - Wildlife Monographs, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Agassiz's desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii), a threatened species of the southwestern
United States, has severely declined to the point where 76% of populations in critical habitat …

Hiding in plain sight: a study on camouflage and habitat selection in a slow-moving desert herbivore

MG Nafus, JM Germano, JA Perry, BD Todd… - Behavioral …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Camouflage via animal coloration and patterning is a broadly important antipredator
strategy. Behavioral decision making is an influential facet of many camouflage strategies; …

Head-started desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii): movements, survivorship and mortality causes following their release

KA Nagy, LS Hillard, MW Tuma… - Herpetological …, 2015 - escholarship.org
We released and monitored 53 juvenile Agassiz's Desert Tortoises (Gopherus agassizii),
aged two to 15 y, that were hatched and head-started inside predator-resistant field …

Mammalian mesocarnivore visitation at tortoise burrows in a wind farm

M Agha, AL Smith, JE Lovich, D Delaney… - The Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
There is little information on predator–prey interactions in wind energy landscapes in North
America, especially among terrestrial vertebrates. Here, we evaluated how proximity to …

The effects of homing and movement behaviors on translocation: desert tortoises in the western Mojave Desert

D Hinderle, RL Lewison, AD Walde… - The Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Translocation of threatened or vulnerable species is a tool increasingly used for
conservation and management. However, in some species, homing and movement …

Over a decade of field physiology reveals life-history specific strategies to drought in garter snakes (Thamnophis elegans)

KG Holden, EJ Gangloff, DAW Miller… - … of the Royal …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Changing climates and severe weather events can affect population viability. Individuals
need to buffer such negative fitness consequences through physiological plasticity. Whether …