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Proceedings of the 1995 Annual Symposium

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Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Symposium 1995
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Ahmann, Steve, Mickey Quillman, Carolyn Lackey, Katie Edson, Roy Dokka, and Joe Watts. Correlation of desert tortoise habitat condition and population trends through remotely sensed data and GIS. p. 93.

Allen, Mary E., and Duane E. Ullrey. Calcium, phosphorus, and Vitamin D in reptile nutrition. p. 62.

Ashton, Patricia S., Ray E. Ashton, and E. Lynn Mosura-Bliss. Tortoises as farmers. p. 73.

Ashton, Ray E. Tortoise burrows are not just holes in the ground. p. 69.

Ashton, Ray E., E. Lynn Mosura, and Patricia S. Ashton. Interrelationships between Florida burrowing owls (Athene cunicularia) and gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus): how these relationships are leading to new, multi-species approaches to the development and management of mitigation preserves. p. 91.

Baard, Ernst. The conservation biology of South African tortoises-perspective and opportunities. pp. 4-9.

Baard, Ernst. The response of geometric tortoise (Psammobates geometricus) populations to wildfires in their habitat. pp. 46-50.

Baer, David J., and Olav T. Oftedal. Effect of temperature and diet composition on nutrient utilization in herbivorous reptiles. pp. 54-57.

Berry, Kristin H., and Michael N. Weinstein. Patterns of growth in desert tortoise populations in California: regional comparisons. p. 88.

Boarman, William I., Richard J. Camp, Mark Hagan, and Wanda S. Deal. Common raven use of anthropogenic resources at Edward's Air Force Base: summer, 1994. p. 96.

Boarman, William I., Marc Sazaki, Glenn C. Goodlett, and Tracy Goodlett. Reduction in mortalities of desert tortoises and other vertebrates along a fenced highway. p. 108.

Brooks, Mathew. Effects of protection from anthropogenic disturbances on birds, lizards, and jackrabbits at the Desert Tortoise Natural Area, California. p. 107.

Brooks, Mathew, and Kristin H. Berry. Alien annual grasses and fires in the western Mojave Desert: a plan to evaluate their effects on desert annual plant communities. pp. 44-45.

Brown, Dan R., Barbra C. Crenshaw, Grace S. McLaughlin, Isabella M. Schumacher, Catherine E. McKenna, Paul A. Klein, Elliot R. Jacobson, and Mary B. Brown. PCR-RFLP detection of a new Mycoplasma isolated from the upper respiratory tract of desert tortoises. p. 100.

Brown, Greg A., and Kurt R. Rautenstrauch. Burrow use by desert tortoises at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. p. 72.

Brown, Mary B., Grace S. McLaughlin, Dan R. Brown, Barbra C. Crenshaw, Alyssa D. Whitemarsh, Paul A. Klein, Catherine E. McKenna, Isabella M. Schumacher, and Elliot R. Jacobson. Mycoplasma agassizii is the etiologic agent of upper respiratory tract disease in the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus). pp. 101-102.

Burge, Betty L. How the tortoise group adoption program aids conservation and the place of adoption in Clark County Habitat Conservation Planning. pp. 16-18.

Cayot, Linda, and Olav T. Oftedal. The importance of nutrition in rearing programs for Galapagos land iguanas and giant tortoises. pp. 51-53.

Christopher, Mary M., Kristin H. Berry, Kenneth A. Nagy, Brian T. Henen, Charles C. Peterson, Ian R. Wallis, Byron S. Wilson, and Isabella A. Girard. Progression of abnormal laboratory data and clinical signs of disease in 36 tortoises in the Mojave Desert from 1990 to1993. p. 106.

Dale, Roger. Implementation of mitigation requirements for the LUZ Energy Facility in the western Mojave Desert. p. 109.

Deal, Wanda S., Mark Hagan, and Veronique Anderson. Desert tortoise education: implications for endangered species management. pp. 94-95.

Diemer Berish, Joan E. Tortoise mitigation options: choosing the best of the bad. pp. 12-13.

Freilich, Jerry, and Edward L. LaRue. The importance of observer experience in finding tortoises and sign: results from a study using seeded tortoise plots and styrofoam tortoises. p. 30.

Goodwin, Rod G., James M. Mueller, and Kurt R. Rautenstrauch. Survival, movements, and burrow use of hatchling desert tortoises at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. p. 70.

Graff, Marc D. How much is a tortoise worth. p. 15.

Henen, Brian T., Kenneth A. Nagy, Charles C. Peterson, Ian R. Wallis, Byron S. Wilson, Mark A. Wilson, and Isabella A. Gerard. Desert tortoises adjust metabolic rates and water fluxes to local and global climatic conditions. p. 97.

Henen, Brian T. Does water availability ever limit desert tortoises? p. 98.

Henen, Brian T. Mustering the energy to reproduce: energy budgets of female desert tortoises. p. 99.

Holt, Eric A., and Kurt R. Rautenstrauch. Three-year movement patterns of adult desert tortoises at Yucca Mountain. p. 89-90.

Homer, Bruce L., Kristin H. Berry, Mary M. Christopher, Mary B. Brown, Ellis C. Greiner, and Elliot R. Jacobson. Necropsies of 14 desert tortoises from the Mojave and Colorado Deserts of California and the Sonoran Desert of Arizona. p. 105.

Hoover, Franklin G. An investigation of desert tortoise mortality in upland game guzzlers in the deserts of southern California. pp. 36-43.

Howland, Jeffrey M., and Christopher M. Klug. Results of five consecutive years of population monitoring at three Sonoran desert tortoise plots. pp. 74-87.

Keeler, Jim. Off-highway vehicle management in the Rand Mountain-Fremont Valley Management Area. pp. 111-112.

Keeran, Robert V., and Pete D. Westman. LUZ bankruptcy effect on mitigation efforts: streamlining the acquisition of habitat to increase the rate of consolidation. p. 110.

Krzysik, Anthony J., A. Peter Woodman, and Mark Hagan. A field evaluation of four methods for estimating desert tortoise densities. p. 92.

Lance, Valentine A, David C. Rostal, Janice S. Grumbles, and Isabella M. Schumacher. Effects of upper respiratory tract disease on reproduction and steroid hormone levels in male and female desert tortoises. p. 104.

Lovich, Jeff. Status and determinants of endangerment in turtles of the United States. p. 113.

Marlow, Ronald W. The Clark County Conservation Planning Experience issues: translocation and adoption. p. 20.

McCluckie, Ann, Cecil Schwalbe, Trip Lamb, and Bob Hall. Genetics, morphology, and behavior of the desert tortoise in the Black Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona. p. 115.

McLaughlin, Grace S., Mary B. Brown, Dan R. Brown, Barbra C. Crenshaw, Alyssa D. Whitemarsh, Paul A. Klein, Catherine E. McKenna, Isabella M. Schumacher, and Elliot R. Jacobson. Challenge of previously exposed gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) with Mycoplasma agassizii. p. 103.

Morafka, David J. How many species of desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii): what do we know, what will we need to know, and how will we decide. p. 10.

Murphy, Robert W., Amy Lathrop, and Jinzhong Fu. Phylogeny and taxonomy of the gopher tortoises, Genus Gopherus. p. 11.

Oftedal, Olav T., Mary E. Allen, and Terry Christopher. Dietary potassium affects food choice, nitrogen retention, and growth of desert tortoises. pp. 58-61.

Oldemeyer, John. The role of the National Biological Service in desert tortoise research. pp. 34-35.

Quintana, Ernest. Management actions for protecting desert tortoises in Joshua Tree National Monument. p. 32.

Richman, Laura, and Richard J Montali. The interplay between nutrition and disease. pp. 63-65.

Rhodin, Anders, G. J., Kent R. Beaman and Lori A. DeConza. A synoptic and indexed bibliographic database of chelonian scientific literature from pre-Linnaean to current references, including citations to all living and extinct turtles (Order Testudines)*.  p. 116.

Savignano, Dolores. Desert tortoise recovery plan: blueprint for tortoise management and recovery. p. 31.

Schulkin, Jay. Do reptiles have mineral appetites? pp. 66-68.

Seckendorff, Karin von. The Clark County Habitat Conservation Planning experience issue: survey and removal of tortoises. p. 19.

Selzer, Paul. Terms of the Clark County Conservation Plan. p. 14.

Spangenberg, E. Karen. Survivorship, time activity budgets, microhabitat, and burrow utilization of juvenile desert tortoises raised in a semi-wild enclosure. p. 71.

Steen, Dan C., and Tim A. Lindemann. The desert tortoise conservation program at the Nevada Test Site. p. 114.

Stewart, Glenn R., and Kristin H. Berry. The Desert Tortoise Council, 1975 to 1995: a brief history. pp. 21-29.

Threloff, Doug, and Jeff Aardahl. Desert tortoise inventory results in Death Valley National Park. p. 33.

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