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Disease dynamics during wildlife translocations: disruptions to the host population and potential consequences for transmission in desert tortoise contact networks by Aiello, C. M, Nussear, K. E, Walde, A. D, Esque, T. C, Emblidge, P. G, Sah, P, Bansal, S, Hudson, P. J

“…Wildlife managers consider animal translocation a means of increasing the viability of a local population. However, augmentation may disrupt existing resident…”
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Does translocation influence physiological stress in the desert tortoise? by Drake, K. K., Nussear, K. E., Esque, T. C., Barber, A. M., Vittum, K. M., Medica, P. A., Tracy, C. R., Hunter Jr, K. W.

“…Wildlife translocation is increasingly used to mitigate disturbances to animals or habitat due to human activities, yet little is known about the extent to…”
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The importance of physiological ecology in conservation biology by Tracy, C. Richard, Nussear, K. E., Esque, T. C., Dean-Bradley, K., Tracy, C. R., DeFalco, L. A., Castle, K. T., Zimmerman, L. C., Espinoza, R. E., Barber, A. M.

“…Many of the threats to the persistence of populations of sensitive species have physiological or pathological mechanisms, and those mechanisms are best…”
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Severe mortality of a population of threatened Agassiz’s desert tortoises: the American badger as a potential predator by Emblidge, PG, Nussear, KE, Esque, TC, Aiello, CM, Walde, AD

“…In the Mojave Desert of the southwestern United States, adult Agassiz's desert tortoises Gopherus agassizii typically experience high survival, but population…”
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Seed banks in a degraded desert shrubland: Influence of soil surface condition and harvester ant activity on seed abundance by DeFalco, L.A., Esque, T.C., Kane, J.M., Nicklas, M.B.

“…We compared seed banks between two contrasting anthropogenic surface disturbances (compacted, trenched) and adjacent undisturbed controls to determine whether…”
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Is there room for all of us? Renewable energy and Xerospermophilus mohavensis by RD Inman, TC Esque, KE Nussear, P Leitner, MD Matocq, PJ Weisberg, TE Dilts, AG Vandergast

“…Mohave ground squirrels Xerospermophilus mohavensis Merriam are small ground-dwelling rodents that have a highly restricted range in the northwest Mojave…”
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The slow dynamics of mycoplasma infections in a tortoise host reveal heterogeneity pertinent to pathogen transmission and monitoring by Aiello, C M, Esque, T C, Nussear, K E, Emblidge, P G, Hudson, P J

“…The epidemiology of infectious diseases depends on many characteristics of disease progression, as well as the consistency of these processes across hosts…”
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Seed dispersal and seed fate in Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia) by Waitman, B.A., Vander Wall, S.B., Esque, T.C.

“…Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia) is a charismatic symbol of the Mojave Desert. Despite its familiarity, we know little about the reproduction of this species,…”
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‘Unscrambling’ the drivers of egg production in Agassiz’s desert tortoise: climate and individual attributes predict reproductive output by Mitchell, CI, Friend, DA, Phillips, LT, Hunter, EA, Lovich, JE, Agha, M, Puffer, SR, Cummings, KL, Medica, PA, Esque, TC, Nussear, KE, Shoemaker, KT

“…The ‘bet hedging’ life history strategy of long-lived iteroparous species reduces short-term reproductive output to minimize the risk of reproductive failure…”
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Associating sex-biased and seasonal behaviour with contact patterns and transmission risk in Gopherus agassizii by Aiello, C.M, Esque, T.C, Nussear, K.E, Emblidge, P.G, Hudson, P.J

“…Abstract Interactions between wildlife hosts act as transmission routes for directly transmitted pathogens and vary in ways that affect transmission…”
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EFFECTS OF DESERT WILDFIRES ON DESERT TORTOISE (GOPHERUS AGASSIZII) AND OTHER SMALL VERTEBRATES by Esque, Todd C, Schwalbe, Cecil R, Defalco, Lesley A, Duncan, Russell B, Hughes, Timothy J

“…We report the results of standardized surveys to determine the effects of wildfires on desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) and their habitats in the…”
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Comparison of Methods to Monitor the Distribution and Impacts of Unauthorized Travel Routes in a Border Park by Esque, T.C, Inman, R, Nussear, K.E, Webb, R.H, Girard, M.M, DeGayner, J

“…The distribution and abundance of human-caused disturbances vary greatly through space and time and are cause for concern among land stewards in natural areas…”
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Quantifying development to inform management of Mojave and Sonoran desert tortoise habitat in the American southwest by Carter, SK, Nussear, KE, Esque, TC, Leinwand, IIF, Masters, E, Inman, RD, Carr, NB, Allison, LJ

“…Two tortoise species native to the American southwest have experienced significant habitat loss from development and are vulnerable to ongoing threats…”
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Desert Tortoise Hibernation: Temperatures, Timing, and Environment by Nussear, Kenneth E, Esque, Todd C, Haines, Dustin F, Richard Tracy, C

“…This research examined the onset, duration, and termination of hibernation in Desert Tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) over several years at multiple sites in the…”
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