Severe mortality of a population of threatened Agassiz’s desert tortoises: the American badger as a potential predator

In the Mojave Desert of the southwestern United States, adult Agassiz’s desert tortoises Gopherus agassizii typically experience high survival, but population declines associated with anthropogenic impacts led to their listing as a threatened Species under the US Endangered Species Act in 1990. Pred...

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Main Authors: PG Emblidge, KE Nussear, TC Esque, CM Aiello, AD Walde
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Inter-Research 2015-07-01
Series:Endangered Species Research
Online Access:https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/esr/v28/n2/p109-116/