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Proceedings of the 1996 Annual Symposium

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Proceedings of the Twenty-first Annual Symposium 1996
Las Vegas, Nevada
Allen, Edith B. Functioning of Mycorrhizae in natural and disturbed ecosystems. pp. 31-33.

Avery, Harold W. Effects of cattle grazing on the foraging ecology of desert tortoises: implications for grazing management in the Mojave Desert. p. 41.

Avery, Harold W., and Todd C. Esque. Nutritional research of the desert tortoise: synopsis of a workshop. (abstract) p. 49.

Belnap, Jayne. Impacts of soil surface trampling: a case study in Arches National Park. (abstract) p. 44.

Belnap, Jayne. Impact of soil surface disturbance on cyanobacterial-lichen soil crusts in deserts of the United States. (abstract) p. 42.

Berry, Kristin H., Frank G. Hoover, and Michael Walker. The effects of poaching desert tortoises in the western Mojave Desert: evaluation of landscape and local impacts. (abstract) p. 45.

Boarman, William I., Michael L. Beigel, Glenn C. Goodlett, and Marc Sazaki. An automated system for studying movements of desert tortoises. (abstract) p. 36.

Boarman, William I., Marc Sazaki, Glenn C. Goodlett, and Tracy Goodlett. Dispersal and reconnaissance movements by desert tortoises. (abstract) p. 36.

Brooks, Matt. Testing hypothesis about wildland fires in the western Mojave Desert: results of experimental burns conducted in August 1995. (abstract) p. 41.

Brooks, Matt. Abundances of birds, lizards, and black-tailed hares inside and outside of the Desert Tortoise Research Natural Area, California. (abstract) p. 39.

Brown, Dan R., Grace S. McLaughlin, Isabella M. Schumacher, Mary B. Brown, Elliot R. Jacobson, and Paul A. Klein. Dose response study of Mycoplasma agassizii infection in gopher tortoises. (abstract) p. 48.

Brown, Mary B., Dan R. Brown, Grace S. McLaughlin, Tracy Clippinger, Isabella M. Schumacher, Paul A. Klein, and Elliot R. Jacobson. Mycoplasmal infections in wildlife: lions and tigers and bears: oh my. (abstract) p. 47.

Brown, Mary B., Isabella M. Schumacher, Paul A. Klein, D. Dukes, B. Crenshaw, and Kristin H. Berry. Antibody levels to Mycoplasma agassizii in the DTNA, Goffs, and Ivanpah populations: summary of 1994 vs. 1995 values. (abstract) p. 47.

Christopher, Mary M., Kristin H. Berry, Kenneth A. Nagy, Brian T. Henen, Charles C. Peterson, Ian R. Wallis, Byron S. Wilson, and Isabella A. Gerard. Hematologic alterations in desert tortoises from the Mojave Desert of California over a 5-year period. (abstract) p. 46.

Crowe, Richard E. Developing the Northern and Eastern Colorado Desert Coordinated Management Plan. pp. 28-29.

Dale, Roger. Development of long-term management and recovery program for the Pilot Knob Grazing Allotment in the central Mojave Desert. (abstract) p. 39.

DeFalco, Lesley, Jayne Belnap, Kimball Harper, and Steve Warren. Cryptobiotic crusts and their influence on annual plants and the desert tortoise. (abstract) p. 43.

Dickinson, Vanessa, Timothy Duck, Cecil R. Schwalbe, and James L. Jarchow. Health studies of free-ranging Mojave Desert tortoises in Utah and Arizona. (abstract) p. 45.

Goodlett, Glenn C., Tracy Goodlett, and William I. Boarman. A radio transmitter attachment technique for desert tortoise research. (abstract) p. 36.

Goodlett, Gilbert O., and Kenneth Folk. Cost analysis and engineering considerations for desert tortoise barriers. (abstract) p. 37.

Goodlett, Gilbert O., W. Bryan Jennings, Douglas E. Ruby, James R. Spotila, and Henry R. Mushinsky. Alternatives to gates for openings in tortoise-proof barriers: escape and entrapment potential for juvenile tortoises and other species in mesh barriers. (abstract) p. 38.

Hamilton, Paul, William I. Boarman, Richard L. Knight, Mark Hagan, and Wanda Deal. Evaluation of methods for monitoring common raven abundance. (abstract) p. 55.

Hastey, Ed. Activities and role of the Desert Tortoise Management Oversight Group in tortoise conservation. pp. 26-28.

Hataway, Donna. The making of a natural Nevada habitat for the education of Fremont Elementary School students. (abstract) p. 51.

Hataway, Donna. Introduction of the desert tortoises into the Fremont native Nevada habitat. (abstract) p. 51.

Hillard, Scott, and C. Richard Tracy. The thermal environment of juvenile desert tortoises at Fort Irwin National Training Center. (abstract) p. 55.

Homer, Bruce L., Kristin H. Berry, Frank Ross, Carlos Reggiardo, and Elliot R. Jacobson. Potentially toxic metals and minerals in liver and kidney of desert tortoises in California. pp. 34-35.

Jacobson, Elliot R., Mary B. Brown, Paul A. Klein, Isabella M. Schumacher, David J. Morafka, and Rebecca A. Yates. Serologic survey of desert tortoises, Gopherus agassizii, in and around the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California, for exposure to Mycoplasma agassizii, the causative agent of Upper Respiratory Tract Disease. (abstract) p. 53.

Jaeger, Jeff R., Kathleen Longshore, and Charles L. Douglas. Evaluating desert tortoise populations on two study plots in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. (abstract) p. 51.

Johnston, Roxanna, and Jayne Belnap. Soil biota changes along a disturbance gradient: impacts on vegetation composition and prospects for restoration. pp. 33-34.

Kampfer, Karen, and Jim Love. Survey of the motivational aspects of desert tortoise caretaking. pp. 17-23.

Krzysik, Anthony J. Robust estimators for the distribution and density patterns of desert tortoise populations on landscape scales. (abstract) p. 51.

McLaughlin, Grace S., Isabella M. Schumacher, Dan R. Brown, Paul A. Klein, Mary B. Brown, and Elliot R. Jacobson. Natural transmission of Upper Respiratory Tract Disease: horizontal, vertical, or both. (abstract) p. 49.

Medica, Philip A., Harold W. Avery, and Jeffrey E. Lovich. Localized mid-summer rainfall: its effects on perennial plant phenology, and importance to the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii). (abstract) p. 50.

Murray, Roy C., and Christopher M. Klug. Preliminary data analysis from three desert tortoise long-term monitoring plots in Arizona: sheltersite use and growth. pp. 10-17.

Nagy, Kenneth A., David J. Morafka, and Rebecca A. Yates. Hatchling tortoise requirements for food, energy, and water. (abstract) p. 54.

Okamoto, Chris L. Color, calcium, and insect choice trials of captive juvenile desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii). (abstract) p. 54.

Olsen, Thomas E. Comparison of impacts and mitigation measures along three multi-state linear construction projects. pp. 1-9.

Pond, Darlene. Education of the public concerning the desert tortoise plight (what captive tortoises can do to assist in this program. (abstract) p. 52.

Ruby, Douglas, Gilbert O. Goodlett, W. Bryan Jennings, James R. Spotila, and Henry Mushinsky. Desert tortoise behavioral responses to barriers. (abstract) p. 37.

Savignano, Dolores A. The Clark County Desert Tortoise Conservation Plan - March 1996. pp. 24-25.

Schlesinger, William H., Jane A. Raikes, Anne E. Hartley, and Anne F. Cross. On the spatial pattern of soil nutrients in desert ecosystems. (abstract) p. 42.

Schlesinger, William H., and James F. Reynolds. Global change and desert ecosystems. (abstract) p. 49.

Spangenberg, E. Karen. Influence of field enclosures on activities, microhabitat use, and survivorship of juvenile desert tortoises. (abstract) p. 53.

Talarico, Jul, and Elizabeth B. Wirt. Summer selection of sheltersites by the desert tortoise, Gopherus agassizii. (abstract) p. 50.

Wallis, Ian R., Brian T. Henen, and Ken A. Nagy. Body size and egg laying date affect the annual reproductive output of female desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii). (abstract) p. 46.

Warren, Steven D. Anthropogenic impacts on desert soils. pp. 29-31.

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