Some recently published articles about gopher tortoises, their commensals, and upland communities in the southeast. Check out GTC's Education & Outreach page for more literature, including snake and tortoise bibliographies.
Figueroa, A., K. Coblentz, A. Herrera, L. Cuni, J. Villate, H. Liu, M.S. Araugo, and S.M. Whitfield. 2024. Seasonal frugivory drives both diet inconsistency and individual specialization in the generalist herbivore gopher tortoise. Food Webs https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fooweb.2024.e00356
Jones, M.D., L.L. Smith, K. Gentry Richardson, J.N. DeSha, T. Castellón, D. Hipes, A. Kalfin, N.T. Halstead, and E.A. Hunter. 2024. Simulation modeling to assess line transect distance sampling under a range of translocation scenarios. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management https://doi.org/10.3996/JFWM-23-029
Kelley, M.D., J.W. Finger Jr., M.T. Mendonca, and T.D. Steury. 2024. Status of historical translocations of gopher tortoises outside of their geographic range in central Alabama. Journal of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 11:171–176
Loope, K.J., H.R. Akçakaya, and K.T. Shoemaker. 2024. Inflated predictions from a flawed model influenced the decision to deny federal protection for the gopher tortoise. 2024. Global Ecology and Conservation https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2024.e03089
Loope, K.J., J.N. DeSha, M.J. Aresco, K.T. Shoemaker, and E.A. Hunter. 2024. Common-garden experiment reveals outbreeding depression and region-of-origin effects on reproductive success in a frequently transclocated tortoise. Animal Conservation https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12977
Marshall, C.D., J.C. Maerz, A.L. Larsen-Gray, and J.A. Martin. Gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) vertebrate burrow commensals within a private, working forest landscape. Ichthyology & Herpetology https://doi.org/10.1643/h2021120
Whitfield, S.M., J.P. School, E.M. Frazier, K. Hendrickson, A. Figueroa, L. Gapczynski, R. Schneider, O. Rothberg, J. Ghenassia, and J.A. Moore. 2024. Status, distribution, and management of gopher tortoises in highly urbanized southeastern Florida. Southeastern Naturalist https://doi.org/10.1656/058.023.0311