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Twenty-Third Annual Meeting and Symposium of the
Desert Tortoise Council, April 3-5, 1998
Abstracts

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(Abstracts Arranged Alphabetically by First Author)
* Speaker if not the first author listed

Allen Cattle, Dung and Tortoises: Symbiosis?
Anderson Desert Tortoise Preserve Committee: Accomplishments for 1997
Averill-Murray Effects on Growth and Survival of Tortoises Voiding their Bladders During Handling
Avery, Medica Effects of Microgeographic Differences in Rainfall on the Nutrition and Survivorship of Desert Tortoises in the Mojave National Preserve
Baker, Dickinson, Leathers,
deVos
A Potential Parasite in Wild Tortoises in Arizona: Pinworm? Trematode? Fungus?
Berry, Stockton, Shields 18 Years of Change in Protected and Unprotected Desert Tortoise Populations at the Interpretive Center, Desert Tortoise Research Natural Area, California
Boarman, Goodlett, Goodlett,
Hagan, Deal
Seasonal and Annual Variation in Common Raven Abundance in a Human-dominated Landscape
Bowers Longevity of Shrubs in the Warm Deserts of North America
Boyles, Haley Survey, Monitoring, and Management of the Desert Tortoise at Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Brooks Factors Affecting Alien Annual Plant Abundance at a Site in the Western Mojave Desert: Effects of Human Disturbance, Microhabitat, Topography, and Rainfall
Brooks, Berry Status of Alien Annual Plants and their Environmental Correlates
in Desert Tortoise Habitat
Chaffee, Berry, Houser The Relation Between the Geochemistry of Surficial Materials and Desert Tortoise Mortality in Selected Study Sites, southeastern California--a Progress Report
*Christopher, Henen, Smith, Allen, Pough, Oftedal Reproductive Output of Large-For-Age Desert Tortoises (Gopherus agassizii)
Crowe Status of the Northern & Eastern Colorado Desert Coordinated Management Plan
Diemer, Berish Survey of Upper Respiratory Tract Disease in Gopher Tortoises in Florida
Duck Proposed Management Plan for Desert Tortoise Habitat on the Arizona Strip
Esque, Nijuis, Haines, Clark,
Swantek, Schwalbe
Short-term Effects of Fire on Desert Tortoises at Saguaro National Park
Gardner, Brodie The Use of Steep Slopes by Desert Tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) in the Western Mojave: Notes on Ecology and a Discussion of G0
Gibson, Sharifi, Rundel Effects of Military Activities and Dust on Creosote Bushes
Haigh The West Mojave Plan: Accomplishments and Goals
*Henen, Oftedal Does Dietary Nitrogen Intake Influence the Reproductive Output of Female Desert Tortoises (Gopherus agassizii)?
Hickan, Egan, Egan The Ord Mountain Pilot: A New View on Vehicle Route Designation
Holm Age Class Structure of a Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii)Population in the Tucson Mountains of Saguaro National Park
Holte Effects of Body Size on Courtship Behavior in the Desert Tortoise, Gopherus agassizii
Homer, Li, Berry, Jacobson A Review of Reptilian ß-Keratins
Hunter Molecular Systematics, Polyploidy, and Paleoecology of Larrea
Hunter Competition between Bromus rubens and Native Desert Annuals in the Northern Mojave Desert
Karl Growth Patterns of the Desert Tortoise in an East Mojave Population
Kerley, Mason, Weatherby The Role of Tortoises in the Thicket Biome, South Africa: Ranging Behaviour Diet and Seed Dispersal
Klug, Averill-Murray Sonoran Desert Tortoise Reproduction - Progress Report
Knight,*Haxel, Berry, Wooden Geo- Bio- Chemistry of the Desert Tortoise: Trace Element Composition of Carapace and Scute by Neutron Activation Analysis
Krzysik A Comparison of Distance Sampling and Strip Transects for Estimating Desert Tortoise Sign: Implications for Sampling Desert Tortoise Populations on Landscape Scales
Lance, Rostal, Grumbles Plasma Corticosterone and Androstenedione in Male and Female Desert Tortoises During the Reproductive Cycle
Lovich, Avery, Medica Geographic Variation and Environmental Determinants of Reproductive Output in the Desert Tortoise
Mahall Root Communications and the Structures of Larrea Dominated Plant Communities
Martin Which Method is Better? A Comparison of Mile2 and Kilometer2 Overlapping Desert Tortoise Census Plots at Saguaro National Park
McAuliffe Mojave Desert Landscapes, Soils, Hydrology, and Ecological Processes
McCord Preliminary Stratocladistic Analysis of the Genus Gopherus
McLaughlin, Brown, Schumacher, Jacobson, Brown, Klein Conservation and Management Implications of Upper Respiratory Tract Disease to Gopher Tortoises
Oftedal Plant Composition and its Effects on the Desert Tortoise
Patterson Lower Cost Techniques for Road Revegetation on Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) Habitat in the West Mojave
Schumacher, Rostal, Yates,
Brown, Jacobson, Klein
Transfer and Persistence of Maternal Antibodies Against Mycoplasma agassizii in Desert Tortoise Hatchlings
Spangenberg, Movement and Dispersal Orientation of Neonatal and Juvenile Desert Tortoises
Tully The Important and Continuing Role of Mycoplasmas in Respiratory Diseases of Various Animal Hosts
Tully, Berry, Henen A Search for Mycoplasmas in Ornithodoros parkeri Ticks Collected from the Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) in the Mojave, Colorado, and Sonoran Deserts
Van Devender Evolutionary Implications of Cenozoic Climates for the Desert Tortoise
Whitford The Functional Ecology of Creosotebush, Larrea tridentata: A Community Dominant in Desert Tortoise Habitat
Wirt, Holm Climatic Effects on Survival and Reproduction of the Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) in the Maricopa Mountains, Arizona
Wirt, Kline Survey, Monitoring, and Management of the Sonoran Desert Tortoise at Saguaro National Park
Wirt,Tibbitts Research, Monitoring, and Management of the Desert Tortoise in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona
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