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., J. Vizentin-Bugoni, A. Herrera, L. Cuni, J. Villate, H. Liu, and Steven Whitfield. 2025. Seasonality and morphological variation shape intraspecific seed dispersal networks in gopher tortoises. Oikos https://doi.org/10.1002/oik.11487

Goessling, J., G.L. Jeinrich, and J.M Howze. 2025. A comparison of 3 common methods for monitoring gopher tortoises. Wildlife Society Bulletin https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.1600

Huffman, J., J. Aquino-Thomas, L. De Souza, J. Unger, and E. Frazier. 2025. Vertebrate fauna associated with gopher tortoise burrows in southeastern Florida. Southeastern Naturalist https://doi.org/10.1656/058.024.0212

Rogers, G. 2025. Botanical assessment of disturbed urban population of threatened gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) habitat in SE Florida during drought. Biology https://doi.org/10.3390/biology14081038