Aggression, Combat, and Apparent Burrow Competition in Hatchling and Juvenile Gopher Tortoises (Goph...
Aggression, Combat, and Apparent Burrow Competition in Hatchling and Juvenile Gopher Tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus)
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Lawrence: Chelonian Research Foundation
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English
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Lawrence: Chelonian Research Foundation
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Adult North American tortoises (Gopherus spp.) engage in aggressive interactions with conspecifics when competing for mates and burrows. However, aggressive interactions have not been widely reported in hatchling and juvenile tortoises. We describe aggressive interactions between wild hatchling and juvenile gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) ba...
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Aggression, Combat, and Apparent Burrow Competition in Hatchling and Juvenile Gopher Tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus)
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1858249661
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1858249661
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1071-8443
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1943-3956
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10.2744/CCB-1181.1