Range-wide monitoring of the Mojave population of the desert tortoise: 2001-2005 summary report
Allison LJ and Averill-Murray, et al RC. 2006. Range-wide monitoring of the Mojave population of the desert tortoise: 2001-2005 summary report. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Desert Tortoise Recovery Office. Reno, Nevada
The recovery program for the Mojave population of the desert tortoise requires range-wide, long-term monitoring to determine whether recovery goals are met. Specifically, will population trends within recovery units remain stable for a period of 25 years? From 2001 to 2005, the Fish and Wildlife Service monitored desert tortoise populations within 5 of the 6 recovery units (the Upper Virgin River Recovery Unit has been monitored independently by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources) using line distance sampling.
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Allison, Linda; Averill-Murray, et al, Roy
- Date of Issue
- 2006-10-24
- Publisher
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Desert Tortoise Recovery Office
- Units
- JOTR , PARA
- Keywords
- Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii), Mojave Desert, Mojave population, Monitoring, Population Trends, recovery program