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A comparison of the red fire ant and gopher tortoise burrow distribution within the FAU preserve.
Type: Text
Year: 2014, 2014
Member of: FAU Undergraduate Student Research
Contributors: Frazier, Evelyn, Nenkova, Anzehla
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Description: The gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) is considered a threatened species throughout much of its range. Their decline is mainly attributed to habitat fragmentation and destruction. These habitat disturbances commonly favor invasive species such as the red fire ant (Solenopsis invicta). The red fire ant has been detected on aprons of gopher tortoise burrows at the FAU preserve and we would… more
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