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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 (Goph...

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Aggression, Combat, and Apparent Burrow Competition in Hatchling and Juvenile Gopher Tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus)

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Full title

Aggression, Combat, and Apparent Burrow Competition in Hatchling and Juvenile Gopher Tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus)

Publisher

Lawrence: Chelonian Research Foundation

Journal title

Chelonian conservation and biology, 2016-12, Vol.15 (2), p.231-237

Language

English

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Publisher

Lawrence: Chelonian Research Foundation

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Contents

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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Full title

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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ISSN

1071-8443

E-ISSN

1943-3956

DOI

10.2744/CCB-1181.1

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