Defensive responses of gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) are influenced by risk assessment and level of habituation to humans
Species that are either sessile or too slow to resort to flight may instead rely on defences suchas natural armour or protective structures, but they will still face the same economic decisionsas do more mobile species about when to re-emerge from cover. The gopher tortoise (Gopheruspolyphemus) is a...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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Brill
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/30261 |