Florida Scientist, Vol. 55, No. 2 (Spring, 1992), pp. 116-125 (10 pages) In 1987-88, 14 populations of the gopher tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus (Daudin), residing on federal lands in Florida were ...
The gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus; hereafter, tortoise), an ecosystem engineer in open pine (Pinus spp.) woodlands of the southeastern United States, often inhabits production pine forests ...