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Feral Burros and Other Influences on Desert Tortoise Presence in the Western Sonoran Desert

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Berry, Kristin H., Yee, Julie L., Lyren, Lisa M. (2020): Feral Burros and Other Influences on Desert Tortoise Presence in the Western Sonoran Desert. Herpetologica 76 (4): 403-413, DOI: 10.1655/Herpetologica-D-20-00023.1, URL: https://bioone.org/journals/herpetologica/volume-76/issue-4/Herpetologica-D-20-00023.1/Feral-Burros-and-Other-Influences-on-Desert-Tortoise-Presence-in/10.1655/Herpetologica-D-20-00023.1.full

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