Evaluating Monitoring Strategies and Habitat for Tortoises in the Sonoran Desert

Effective conservation requires efficient population monitoring, which can be challenging for rare species like the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii). We compared two alternative survey methods that can be used to monitor tortoise populations: distance sampling and site occupancy estimation. In 2...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zylstra, Erin R.
Other Authors: Steidl, Robert J.
Language:EN
Published: The University of Arizona. 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/193429