Plant cover effect on Bolson tortoise (Gopherus flavomarginatus Legler 1959, Testudinidae) burrow use

The Bolson tortoise, Gopherus flavomarginatus, occurs within a restricted geographical area in the Mexican Chihuahuan Desert. We analyzed the variation in surface microhabitat with relation to the burrow occupancy for this tortoise at the Mapimí Biosphere Reserve, Mexico. In summer...

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Main Authors: Jorge Luis Becerra-López, Cristina Garcia-De la Peña, Ulises Romero-Méndez, Aurelio Ramírez-Bautista
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2017-03-01
Series:Nature Conservation
Online Access:http://natureconservation.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=11582