Expert-informed habitat suitability analysis for at-risk species assessment and conservation planning

BA Crawford, JC Maerz… - Journal of Fish and …, 2020 - meridian.allenpress.com
Abstract The US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is responsible for reviewing the
biological status of hundreds of species to determine federal status designations under the …

Spatial and Thermal Factors 13

PC Arena, C Warwick - Health and welfare of captive reptiles, 2023 - Springer
An understanding of spatial and thermal factors, two fundamentally intertwined elements, is
essential to the health and welfare of captive reptiles; carers cannot address one without …

[HTML][HTML] Escaping drought: seasonality effects on home range, movement patterns and habitat selection of the Guatemalan Beaded Lizard

D Ariano-Sánchez, RM Mortensen, S Reinhardt… - Global Ecology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The relative contribution of extrinsic and intrinsic factors affecting lizard movement patterns
have rarely been examined. We were interested in understanding the effects of extrinsic …

[PDF][PDF] Reptile home ranges revisited: a case study of space use of Sonoran Desert tortoises (Gopherus morafkai)

RC Averill-Murray, CH Fleming, J Riedle - … Conservation and Biology, 2020 - par.nsf.gov
Many recommendations exist for estimating home ranges of herpetofauna, often focused on
mitigating effects of sedentary behavior and autocorrelation. Authors have often applied …

Variation and repeatability of home range in a forest‐dwelling terrestrial turtle: implications for prescribed fire in forest management

JH Roe, AL Kish, JP Nacy - Journal of Zoology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Animal movements and use of space are in part determined by interactions between
individual attributes such as sex and body size and extrinsic environmental factors such as …

Spatial and thermal factors

PC Arena, C Warwick - Health and welfare of captive reptiles, 2023 - Springer
An understanding of spatial and thermal factors, two fundamentally intertwined elements, is
essential to the health and welfare of captive reptiles; carers cannot address one without …

The University of West Florida campus ecosystem study: the college/university campus as a unit for study of the ecology of longleaf pine

FS Gilliam, SJ Detzel, KD Bray, EA Major - Urban Ecosystems, 2021 - Springer
College and university campuses comprise a unique urban interface. Property used to
establish the University of West Florida (UWF) in Pensacola, Florida, contained numerous …

Male Body Size Predicts Reproductive Success But Not Within-Clutch Paternity Patterns in Gopher Tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus)

KN White, BB Rothermel, KR Zamudio… - Journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
In many vertebrates, body size is an important driver of variation in male reproductive
success. Larger, more fit individuals are more likely to dominate mating opportunities …

Habitat use by female desert tortoises suggests tradeoffs between resource use and risk avoidance

MG Nafus, JA Daly, TD Tuberville, AP Klimely… - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Animals may select habitat to maximize the benefits of foraging on growth and reproduction,
while balancing competing factors like the risk of predation or mortality from other sources …

Tortoises to acres: The relationships and movements of property and more-than-human species in road governance processes

C Jones - Geoforum, 2023 - Elsevier
A web of species interdependencies, movements, and relationships exist within areas
targeted for development. However, these areas hosting a multitude of more-than-human …