• Gopher Tortoise Council

    Gopher Tortoise Council

    Working to conserve the gopher tortoise and the fascinating world in which it lives
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Recent News:

Click HERE for the latest news and announcements from the Gopher Tortoise Council, including:

  • Letter from the Co-Chair
  • GTC Announcements
  • 2024 Annual Meeting Details
  • Recent Research: 
    • Seasonal frugivory drives both diet inconsistency and individual specialization in the generalist herbivore gopher tortoise
    • Simulation modeling to assess line transect distance sampling under a range of translocation scenarios
    • Status of historical translocations of gopher tortoises outside of their geographic range in central Alabama
    • Inflated predictions from a flawed model influenced the decision to deny federal protection for the gopher tortoise
    • Common-garden experiment reveals outbreeding depression and region-of-origin effects on reproductive success in a frequently translocated tortoise
    • Gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) vertebrate burrow commensals within a private, working forest landscape
    • Status, distribution, and management of gopher tortoises in highly urbanized southeastern Florida