Survival, demography, and growth of gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) from three study sites with different management histories

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• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Journal of Wildlife Management

• Publication date

  2014-09-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1002/JWMG.773
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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