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Demographic and Movement Data for Adult Desert Tortoises Translocated from Fort Irwin, 2008-2018

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2008
End Date
2018

Citation

Berry, K.H., 2023, Demographic and movement data for adult desert tortoises translocated from Fort Irwin, 2008-2018: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9USRU0T.

Summary

This database contains demographic and movement variables for 158 adult Agassiz's desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) translocated from the National Training Center (NTC), Fort Irwin, in the central Mojave Desert, California, in spring of 2008 and monitored through fall of 2018. The tortoises, fitted with radio transmitters, were translocated to plots south of Fort Irwin and followed monthly until fall of 2018, when transmittered were removed, and the project was ended. The database consists of unique identification numbers of the tortoises, sex and size, dates, details of locations, and status of the tortoises. These data support the following publication: Mack, J.S. and Berry, K.H., 2023. Drivers of survival of translocated tortoises. [...]

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Point of Contact :
U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Reseach Center
Originator :
Kristin H Berry
Metadata Contact :
Kristin H Berry
USGS Mission Area :
Ecosystems
SDC Data Owner :
Western Ecological Research Center
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase

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Demographic and movement data for adult desert tortoises translocated from Fort Irwin, 2008-2018.xml
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Purpose

To determine movement and demographic factors contributing to survival in translocated adult desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii).

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