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1	Abercrombie, C. L., III. 1981. A simulation model for the management of the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) and gopher tortoise habitat. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Wildlife Research Laboratory, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 70pp. (Unpublished Report)
2	Alderson, D. 2002. The tortoise rescuers. Florida Wildlife 56(6):31.
3	Allen, M. 1997. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission's Mitigation Park Program. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 17(1):5–6.
4	Allen, M. 1997. Habitat management plan for Perry Oldenburg Mitigation Park. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.
5	Allen, M. 1999. Gopher tortoise protection and conservation in Florida. Abstract in G. L. Heinrich and P. A. Meylan, coordinators. A Second Symposium on the Status and Conservation of Florida Turtles and the 1999 Annual Meeting of the Gopher Tortoise Council, 8–11 October 1999, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA.
6	Allen, M. 2000. Gopher tortoise protection and conservation in Florida. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 20(1):2 (abstract).
7	Anonymous. n.d. Cross Florida greenbelt state recreation and conservation area management plan. Volume IV. Report on biological issues. Report for Florida Department of Natural Resources and Canal Authority of State of Florida, University Planning Team, Department Landscape Architecture, College of Architecture, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 163pp.
8	Anonymous. 1979. Law enforcement protects the gopher tortoise. Florida Wildlife 32(6):46.
9	Anonymous. 1981. Florida's natural heritage. The Nature Conservancy, Bulletin of the Florida Chapter:3.
10	Anonymous. 1981. Go for gophers is bad news. Florida Wildlife 35(1):47.
11	Anonymous. 1982. Gopher tortoises relocated—and doing fine. Eyes and Ears, Walt Disney World 3(6):2.
12	Anonymous. 1983. Unlikely pair work together in research of gopher tortoise. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 3(7):1.
13	Anonymous. 1984. Resolution. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 4(13):3.
14	Anonymous. 1984. Gopher tortoise life threatened. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 4(12):3.
15	Anonymous. 1985. Environmental Awareness Day. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 5(15):3–4.
16	Anonymous. 1985. Gopher tortoise protection urged. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, The Skimmer 1(1):1.
17	Anonymous. 1985. Field notes. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, The Skimmer 1(2):5.
18	Anonymous. 1986. Three southeastern animals proposed for listing: gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus). Endangered Species Technical Bulletin 11(8–9):4–5.
19	Anonymous. 1987. Gunnery ridge serving as home for tortoises poses dilemma. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 7(22):1–2.
20	Anonymous. 1987. [No title] Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 7(24):4.
21	Anonymous. 1987. Gopher tortoise population in decline. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 7(23):4–5.
22	Anonymous. 1988. Gopher tortoise relocation update: guidelines for gopher tortoise relocations. Gainesville Herpetological Society Newsletter 4(8):17–21.
23	Anonymous. 1988. Panel discussion: gopher management strategies in sandhill habitats. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Gopher Tortoise Council 6:22–40.
24	Anonymous. 1988. The gopher tortoise: friend or food? Gainesville Herpetological Society Newsletter 4(5):3–4.
25	Anonymous. 1989. New technologies help gopher tortoises. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 9(4):5.
26	Anonymous. 1989. Tortoises and freshwater turtles: an action plan for their conservation. IUCN/SSC, Gland, Switzerland. 47pp.
27	Anonymous. 1989. Tortoises to be moved for runway extensions. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 8(29):6.
28	Anonymous. 1990. 1990 legislative outlook in Florida. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 10(3):4–5.
29	Anonymous. 1990. Gopher tortoise exhibit prepared by Dona Bentzein. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 10(2):5–6.
30	Anonymous. 1990. Incidental take of gopher tortoise. Florida Department of Natural Resources, Office of Land Use Planning and Biological Services, Resource Management Notes 2(3):9.
31	Anonymous. 1991. Mine reclamation and the relocation of gopher tortoises. Florida Department of Natural Resources, Office of Land Use Planning and Biological Services, Resource Management Notes 3(2):7–8.
32	Anonymous. 1991. Assessment of gopher tortoise relocation. Florida Department of Natural Resources, Office of Land Use Planning and Biological Services, Resource Management Notes 3(1):8.
33	Anonymous. 1993. Health problems facing Florida gopher tortoise raise questions about relocation policies. Wildlife Rehabilitation Today 4(3):23–24.
34	Anonymous. 1993. Gopher tortoise relocation data compiled. Florida Department of Natural Resources, Office of Resource Management, Resource Management Notes 5(3):14. (from Tortoise Burrow, April 1993)
35	Anonymous. 1993. Gopher tortoise research. Florida Department of Natural Resources, Office of Resource Management, Resource Management Notes 5(3):14. (from Tortoise Burrow, April 1993)
36	Anonymous. 1994. Gopher tortoise project to be model for relocation programs. Wildlife Rehabilitation Today 5(3):48–50.
37	Anonymous. 1995. Florida habitat saved by GTC. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 15(1):1.
38	Anonymous. 1998. Apalachee WMA habitat restoration project. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 18(2):3.
39	Anonymous. 1999. Revised land and resource management plan for national forests in Florida. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Region, Management Bulletin R8-MB-83A, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
40	Anonymous. 2000. Florida's Collier County approves new gopher tortoise protection law. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 20(2):2.
41	Anonymous. 2001. Florida implements new upper respiratory tract disease (URTD) testing policy for off-site tortoise relocation projects. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 21(1):6.
42	Anonymous. 2001. World experts attend International Conference on Relocation of Turtles and Tortoises—Animals in Crisis held in Orlando, Florida. Herp Herald, Newsletter of the Gainesville Herpetological Society 18(1):7, 10–11.
43	Anonymous. 2002–2003. Developer charged with setting gopher tortoise traps. The Tortoise Burrow, Newsletter of the Gopher Tortoise Council 22(4):9.
44	Antonio, F. B. 1986. Florida law: gopher tortoise relocation protocol. Gainesville Herpetological Society Newsletter 3(5):12–15.
45	Ashton, R. 1988. Where do we go from here? Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 8(26):2–3.
46	Ashton, R. 1989. GTC members take action. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 9(2):3–4.
47	Ashton, R. E. 1990. Big problems in Tallahassee emergency alert. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 10(3):2.
48	Ashton, R. E., Jr., P. S. Ashton, and E. L. Mosura-Bliss. 1994. Tortoise management as urbanization encroaches. Pages 13–17 in G. Aguirrie, E. D. McCoy, and H. R. Mushinsky, organizers. North American Tortoise Conference, 8–12 October 1994, Durango, Mexico.
49	Ashton, R. E., Jr., E. L. Mosura, and P. S. Ashton. 1994. Relationship between Florida burrowing owls, Athene cunicularia, and gopher tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus: how these relationships are leading to new, multi-species approaches to the development and management of mitigation preserves. Abstract in a symposium on the status and conservation of Florida turtles, 2–3 April 1994, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA.
50	Ashton, R. E., Jr., P. S. Ashton, and E. L. Mosura-Bliss. 1995. Tortoise management as urbanization encroaches. Publicaciones de la Sociedad Herpetologica Mexicana 2:10–13.
51	Ashton, R. 2001. Ashton Biodiversity Research and Preservation Institute's new Florida Gopher Tortoise Conservation Initiative. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 21(1):8–9.
52	Ashton, R. 2001. World experts attend international conference “Relocation of Turtles and Tortoises—Animals in Crisis.” Chelonian Research Foundation, Turtle and Tortoise Newsletter No. 3:19–-20.
53	Ashton, R. 2002–2003. The Gopher Tortoise Conservation Initiative: 2001–2002. The Tortoise Burrow, Newsletter of the Gopher Tortoise Council 22(4):8.
54	Auffenberg, W. 1978. Gopher tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus (Daudin). Pages 33–35 in R. W. McDiarmid, editor. Rare and endangered biota of Florida. Volume 3. Amphibians and reptiles. University Presses of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
55	Auffenberg, W., and R. Franz. 1982. The status and distribution of the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus). Pages 95–126 in R. B. Bury, editor. North American tortoises: conservation and ecology. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Wildlife Research Report No. 12.
56	Bard, A. M. 1989. Resident and relocated tortoises: a comparative study in central Florida, 1985–1989. M.S. Thesis, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA. 42pp.
57	Bard, A. M., I. J. Stout, and T. J. Doonan. 1990. Resident and relocated tortoises: a comparative study in central Florida, 1985–1989. Florida Scientist 53(Supplement 1):35 (abstract).
58	Bard, A. 1993. Caution: critter crossing. Florida Department of Natural Resources, Office of Resource Management, Resource Management Notes 5(3):3.
59	Bentzien, D. 1987. More on the subject. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 7(24):5.
60	Berish, J. E. 1992. State reports: Florida. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 12(1):7–8.
61	Berish, J. E. 1993. Florida report. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of The Gopher Tortoise Council 13(1):6–7.
62	Berish, J. E. 1994. Management plan for the gopher tortoise in Florida. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Statewide Wildlife Research Final Performance Report Study No. 7539, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 44pp.
63	Berish, J. E. 1994. Gopher tortoise relocation/mitigation review and technical assistance. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Statewide Wildlife Research Final Performance Report Study No. 7538, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 8pp.
64	Berish, J. 1994. GTC state report, 1993 Florida. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of The Gopher Tortoise Council 14(1):4.
65	Berish, J. E. 1995. GTC state report 1994 Florida. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 15(1):3.
66	Berish, J. E. 1995. Identification of gopher tortoise restocking sites. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission Final Report Study No. 7536, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 7pp.
67	Berish, J. 1995. Gopher tortoise relocation—the good, the bad and the ugly. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 15(1):12–13.
68	Berish, J. E. 1996. GTC state report—1995 Florida. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 16(1):5–6.
69	Berish, J. E. 1997. GTC state report 1996 Florida. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 17(1):9.
70	Berish, J. E. 1998. State reports: Florida. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 18(1):5–6.
71	Berish, J. E. 1998. 1998 state reports: Florida. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 18(4):4–5.
72	Berish, J. E. 2000–2001. State reports: Florida. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 20(3):7.
73	Berish, J. E. 2001. Management considerations for the gopher tortoise in Florida. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Final Report, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 44pp.
74	Berish, J. 2002–2003. State reports: Florida. The Tortoise Burrow, Newsletter of the Gopher Tortoise Council 22(4):2–3.
75	Berish (Diemer), J. E. 1991. Identification of critical gopher tortoise habitat in south Florida. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Bureau of Wildlife Research Final Report Study No. 7539, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 23pp.
76	Brantly, R. M. 1985. Florida is getting there. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 5(16):2–3.
77	Breininger, D. R., P. A. Schmalzer, D. A. Rydine, and C. R. Hinkle. 1988. Burrow and habitat relationships of the gopher tortoise in coastal scrub and slash pine flatwoods on Merritt Island, Florida. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Nongame Wildlife Program Final Report Project GFC-84-016. 238pp.
78	Breininger, D. R., M. J. Barkaszi, R. B. Smith, D. M. Oddy, and J. A. Provancha. 1994. Endangered and potentially endangered wildlife on John F. Kennedy Space Center and faunal integrity as a goal for maintaining biological diversity. NASA Technical Memorandum 109204, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA. 451pp.
79	Breininger, D. R., M. J. Barkaszi, R. B. Smith, D. M. Oddy, and J. A. Provancha. 1998. Prioritizing wildlife taxa for biological diversity conservation at the local scale. Environmental Management 22:315–321.
80	Bryant, R. J., and R. Franz, editors. 1983 (1982). The gopher tortoise: a keystone species. Proceedings of the 4th Annual Meeting of the Gopher Tortoise Council, Valdosta State College, Valdosta, Georgia, USA. 47pp.
81	Burke, R. L. 1987. An experimental relocation and reintroduction of a gopher tortoise population. M.S. Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 49pp.
82	Burke, R. L., and R. Hawkins. 1987. Gopher tortoises and the private landowner. Gainesville Herpetological Society Newsletter 4(1):26–27.
83	Burke, R. L., and J. Cox. 1988. A survey method for measuring gopher tortoise density and habitat distribution. Pages 205–215 in R. C. Szaro, K. E. Severson, and D. R. Patton, technical coordinators. Proceedings of the symposium on the management of reptiles, amphibians, and small mammals in North America. U.S. Forest Service General Technical Report RM-166.
84	Burke, R. L. 1989. Effects of social structure on success of a gopher tortoise relocation in Palm Beach County, Florida. Page 83 in J. E. Diemer, D. R. Jackson, J. L. Landers, J. N. Layne, and D. A. Wood, editors. Proceedings of the gopher tortoise relocation symposium. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Nongame Wildlife Program Technical Report No. 5, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.
85	Burke, R. L. 1989. Florida gopher tortoise relocation: overview and case study. Biological Conservation 48:295–309.
86	Burke, R. L. 1991. Relocations, repatriations, and translocation of amphibians and reptiles: taking a broader view. Herpetologica 47:350–357.
87	Burke, R. 1991. Gopher tortoise conservation: missing the trees for the forest. University of Michigan School of Natural Resources, Endangered Species Update 8(7):6.
88	Burns, R. L. 1994. Land protection status of Florida turtles. Abstract in Symposium on the status and conservation of Florida turtles, 2–3 April 1994, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA.
89	Carr, A. 1994. Florida vignettes. Pages 91–99 in M. H. Carr, editor. A naturalist in Florida: a celebration of Eden. Yale University Press, New Haven and London, Connecticut, USA.
90	Cox, J., D. Inkley, and R. Kautz. 1987. Ecology and habitat protection needs of gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) populations found on lands slated for large-scale development in Florida. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Nongame Wildlife Program Technical Report No. 4. 75pp.
91	Cox, J. 1989. Survival characteristics of small gopher tortoise populations and their possible influence on relocation efforts. Pages 7–14 in J. E. Diemer, D. R. Jackson, J. L. Landers, J. N. Layne, and D. A. Wood, editors. Proceedings of the gopher tortoise relocation symposium. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Nongame Wildlife Program Technical Report No. 5, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.
92	Cox, J., R. Kautz, M. MacLaughlin, and T. Gilbert. 1994. Closing the gaps in Florida's wildlife habitat conservation system. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Office of Environmental Services, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 239pp.
93	Davis, H. G. 1987. Consider the plight of the gopher tortoise. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 7(25):7.
94	Diemer, J. E. 1981. Current research on gopher tortoises in Florida. Proceedings of Annual Meeting of the Gopher Tortoise Council 2:48–55.
95	Diemer, J. E., and P. E. Moler. 1982. Gopher tortoise response to site preparation in northern Florida. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 36:634–637.
96	Diemer, J. E. 1984. Tortoise relocation in Florida: solution or problem? Pages 131–135 in E. St. Amant, editor. Proceedings of 1984 Symposium of the Desert Tortoise Council.
97	Diemer, J. E. 1984. Gopher tortoise status and harvest impact determination: a progress report. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Wildlife Research Laboratory, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 51pp. (Unpublished Report)
98	Diemer, J. 1984. Changes in regulations of Florida Game & Fresh Water Fish Commission (handbook). Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 4(11):1–2.
99	Diemer, J. E. 1986. The ecology and management of the gopher tortoise in the southeastern United States. Herpetologica 42:125–133.
100	Diemer, J. E. 1987. The status of the gopher tortoise in Florida. Proceedings of the Southeastern Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Symposium 3:72–83, Athens, Georgia, USA.
101	Diemer, J. E. 1988. Federal and state status reports: Florida. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Gopher Tortoise Council 5:77–79.
102	Diemer, J. E. 1988. Gopher tortoise status and harvest impact determination. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Bureau of Wildlife Research Final Report, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 169pp.
103	Diemer, J. E. 1988. Gopherus polyphemus in Florida: 1985 report to the Gopher Tortoise Council. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Gopher Tortoise Council 6:16–17.
104	Diemer, J. E. 1989. Management of the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) in Florida. Page 3 (abstract) in Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Special session on the management of rare or endangered species, 31 October 1989, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
105	Diemer, J. E. 1989. Gopherus polyphemus gopher tortoise. Pages 14–16 in I. R. Swingland and M. W. Klemens, editors. The conservation biology of tortoises. Occasional Papers of the IUCN Survival Committee No. 5.
106	Diemer, J. E. 1989. An overview of gopher tortoise relocation. Pages 1–6 in J. E. Diemer, D. R. Jackson, J. L. Landers, J. N. Layne, and D. A. Wood, editors. Proceedings of the gopher tortoise relocation symposium. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Nongame Wildlife Program Technical Report No. 5, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.
107	Diemer, J. 1990. State reports: Florida. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of The Gopher Tortoise Council 11(1):4.
108	Diemer, J. E. 1990. Identification of gopher tortoise restocking sites. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Bureau of Wildlife Research Final Report Study No. 7534, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 3pp.
109	Diemer, J. 1990. Florida state report. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 10(2):2–3.
110	Diemer, J. E. 1990. Florida state report. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Gopher Tortoise Council 8:132–133.
111	Diemer, J. E. 1992. Gopher tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus (Daudin). Pages 123–127 in P. E. Moler, editor. Rare and endangered biota of Florida. Volume III. Amphibians and reptiles. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
112	Diemer, J. E. 2000. Annual state reports: Florida. Tortoise Burrow, Newsletter of the Gopher Tortoise Council 19(4):4.
113	Diemer Berish, J. E. 1994. Status and conservation of the gopher tortoise. Pages 24–28 in G. Aguirrie, E. D. McCoy, and H. R. Mushinsky, organizers. North American Tortoise Conference, 8–12 October 1994, Durango, Mexico.
114	Dietlein, N. E., and R. Franz. 1979. Status and habits of Gopherus polyphemus. Pages 175–180 in E. St. Amant, editor. Proceedings of the 1979 Symposium of the Desert Tortoise Council, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
115	Dietlein, N. E., and A. Smith. 1979. Gopher tortoise races: what they mean to the tortoise. Pages 181–185 in E. St. Amant, editor. Proceedings of the 1979 Symposium Desert Tortoise Council, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
116	Division of Recreation and Parks. 1998. Cedar Key Scrub State Reserve: unit management plan. Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.
117	Division of Recreation and Parks. 1998. Nature Coast State Trail: unit management plan. Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.
118	Division of Recreation and Parks. 1998. Big Talbot Island State Park and Little Talbot Island State Park: unit management plan. Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.
119	Division of Recreation and Parks. 1999. Hillsborough River State Park: unit management plan. Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.
120	Division of Recreation and Parks. 2000. Jonathan Dickinson State Park: unit management plan. Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.
121	Division of Recreation and Parks. 2000. Koreshan State Historic Site: unit management plan. Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.
122	Division of Recreation and Parks. 2000. Troy Spring State Park: unit management plan. Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.
123	Dodd, C. K., Jr. 1988. Desert and gopher tortoises: perspectives on conservation approaches. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Gopher Tortoise Council 5:54–72.
124	Dodd, C. K., Jr., editor. 1988. Gopher tortoise habitat management: strategies and options. Proceedings of the 6th Annual Meeting of the Gopher Tortoise Council, Solon Dixie Foresty Center of Auburn University, Dixie, Alabama, USA. 58pp.
125	Dodd, C. K., Jr., and R. A. Seigel. 1991. Relocation, repatriation, and translocation of amphibians and reptiles: are they conservation strategies that work? Herpetologica 47:336–350.
126	Doonan, T. J. 1986. A demographic study of an isolated population of the gopher tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus, and an assessment to a relocation procedure for tortoises. M.S. Thesis, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA. 93pp.
127	Doonan, T. J., A. M. Bard, and I. J. Stout. 1988. Response of a gopher tortoise population to relocation and its implications for conservation. Page 85 (abstract) in Proceedings of the Combined Meeting of the Herpetologists' League, American Elasmobranch Society, Early Life History Section of the American Fisheries Society, Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 24–29 June 1988, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
128	Doonan, T. J., and D. M. Epperson. 2001. Gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) populations on Naval Air Station Cecil Field, Florida: structure, prevalence of upper respiratory tract disease, and activity patterns. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Final Performance Report, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 50pp.
129	Dougherty, K. 1988. School board to move gopher tortoises. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 8(28):7.
130	Epperson, D. M. 1997. Gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) populations: activity patterns, upper respiratory tract disease, and management on a military reservation in northeastern Florida. M.S. Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 62pp.
131	Erickson, J. 1985. Scouts move threatened tortoises. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 5(14):3.
132	Eubanks, J. O., J. W. Hollister, C. Guyer, and W. K. Michener. 2002. Reserve area requirements for gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus). Chelonian Conservation and Biology 4:464–471.
133	Fernald, R. T. 1989. Coastal xeric scrub communities of the Treasure Coast Region, Florida: a summary of their distribution and ecology, with guidelines for their preservation and management. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Nongame Wildlife Program Technical Report No. 6, Tallhassee, Florida, USA. 113pp.
134	Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission. 1988. Guidelines for gopher tortoise relocations. Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 8pp.
135	Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission. 1988. 1987–88 annual report. Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 32pp.
136	Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission. 1988. A strategic plan for the comprehensive management of Florida's wildlife and freshwater fish 1988–1993. Third edition. Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 80pp.
137	Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission. 1991. 1990–91 annual report. Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 36pp.
138	Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission. 1992. Facing the challenge: nongame, threatened and endangered species, and environmental activities of the Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission. Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 18pp.
139	Fluker, K. 1990. Leesburg housing development poses threat to 1,200 tortoises. Reprinted in League of Florida Herpetological Societies Newsletter (November):27.
140	Folkerts, G. W. 1980. The gopher tortoise: why even bother. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Gopher Tortoise Council 7:1–7.
141	Franz, R., and W. Auffenberg. 1978. The gopher tortoise: a declining species. Pages 61–63 in R. Odom and L. Landers, editors. Proceedings of the rare and endangered wildlife symposium. Technical Bulleting WL 4. Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Game and Fish Division, Social Circle, Georgia, USA.
142	Franz, R., and R. J. Bryant, editors. 1980. The dilemma of the gopher tortoise: is there a solution? Proceedings of the First Annual Meeting of the Gopher Tortoise Council, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA. 80pp.
143	Franz, R. 1981. Gopher tortoises, the Gopher Tortoise Council and state game and fish regulations. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Gopher Tortoise Council 2:17–25.
144	Franz, R., and R. J. Bryant, editors. 1982. The gopher tortoise and its sandhill habitat. Proceedings of the 3rd Annual Meeting of the Gopher Tortoise Council, Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 78pp.
145	Franz, R., and D. Tonnessen. 1983. The slow and steady decline of the gopher tortoise. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 3(8):3–4.
146	Franz, R. 1986. The Florida gopher frog and the Florida pine snake as burrow associates of the gopher tortoise in northern Florida. Pages 16–20 in Proceedings of the 5th Annual Meeting of the Gopher Tortoise Council, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
147	Franz, R., D. Maehr, A. Kinlaw, C. O'Brien, and R. D. Owen. 1998. Avon Park Air Force Range Project: distribution and abundance of sensitive wildlife species at Avon Park Air Force Range. Final Report, Project RWO-169. 90pp.
148	Froman, A. 1985. Growth of small airport threatens tortoise colony. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 5(14):4–5.
149	Fucigna, T. F., Jr., and D. K. Nickerson, Jr. 1989. Relocations of two groups of gopher tortoises from Palm Beach County to Martin County, Florida. Pages 59–71 in J. E. Diemer, D. R. Jackson, J. L. Landers, J. N. Layne, and D. A. Wood, editors. Proceedings of the gopher tortoise relocation symposium. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Nongame Wildlife Program Technical Report No. 5, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.
150	Godley, J. S. 1989. Comparison of gopher tortoise populations relocated onto reclaimed phosphate-mined sites in Florida. Pages 43–58 in J. E. Diemer, D. R. Jackson, J. L. Landers, J. N. Layne, and D. A. Wood, editors. Proceedings of the gopher tortoise relocation symposium. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Nongame Wildlife Program Technical Report No. 5, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.
151	Godley, S. 1995. Relocation problems and solutions. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 15(1):14.
152	Guyot, C. 1999. Quelques aspects d'ιcolgie et de conservation chez la tortue de Gopher, Gopherus polyphemus. Manouria 2(5):17–32.
153	Guyot, C. 2000. Ashton Biodiversity Research & Preservation Institute. Chelonian Research Foundation, Turtle and Tortoise Newsletter No. 1:23.
154	Hancock, D. 1987. Tortoise may pack up, move for subdivision. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 7(23):7–8.
155	Hancock, D. 1987. Tortoise habitat not needed, panel says. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 7(24):6.
156	Hartman, D. 1984. Gopher tortoise has had few friends until now. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 4(11):4–6.
157	Hawkins, R. Z., and R. L. Burke. 1989. Of pens, pullers and pets: problems of gopher tortoise relocation. Page 99 in J. E. Diemer, D. R. Jackson, J. L. Landers, J. N. Layne, and D. A. Wood, editors. Proceedings of the gopher tortoise relocation symposium. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Nongame Wildlife Program Technical Report No. 5, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.
158	Hawkins, R. 1993. Florida gopher tortoise relocation update. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of The Gopher Tortoise Council 13(2):3–4.
159	Hawkins, R. 1993. Gopher tortoise restocking—research needs. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of The Gopher Tortoise Council 13(3):8–9.
160	Hay Smith, L. 1991. Letters needed ASAP to support two Florida land acquisition projects. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of The Gopher Tortoise Council 11(2):5–6.
161	Hay Smith, L. 1991. The Nature Conservancy purchases four upland tracts. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of The Gopher Tortoise Council 11(3):7.
162	Hendry, L. C., T. M. Goodwin, and R. F. Labisky. 1982. Florida's vanishing wildlife. Revised edition. Florida Cooperative Extension Service No. 485, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 69pp.
163	Hermann, E. 1983. Survival of the gopher tortoise: who cares anyway? Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 3(8):1–3.
164	Hingtgen, T. 1992. Gopher tortoise burrow density. Florida Department of Natural Resources, Office of Land Use Planning and Biological Services, Resource Management Notes 4(1):3.
165	Hingtgen, T. 1996. Methodology for surveying gopher tortoise burrows in FPS District 4. Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Florida Park Service, Resource Management Notes 8(4):95.
166	Hipes, D. L., and D. R. Jackson. 1996. Rare vertebrate fauna of Camp Blanding Training Site, a potential landscape linkage in northeastern Florida. Florida Scientist 59:96–114.
167	Hipes, D., D. R. Jackson, K. NeSmith, D. Printiss, and K. Brandt. 2001. Field guide to the rare animals of Florida. Florida Natural Areas Inventory, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.
168	Humphrey, S. R., J. F. Eisenberg, and R. L. Franz. 1985. Possibilities for restoring wildlife of a longleaf pine savanna in an abandoned citrus grove. Wildlife Society Bulletin 13:487–496.
169	Jackson, D. R. 1985. A message from the co-chair. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 5(16):4.
170	Jackson, D. R. 1985. U.S. Forest Service selects gopher tortoise as indicator species. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 5(16):3.
171	Jackson, D. R. 1985. The perfect host. ENFO (Florida Conservation Foundation) 85(1):8–10.
172	Jackson, D. R. 1985. Responses to resolutions. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 5(14):1–2.
173	Jackson, D. R. 1986. Possession of tortoises in Florida: a clarification. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 6(18):1–2.
174	Jackson, D. 1986. Florida's national forests to protect tortoises. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 6(19):1.
175	Jackson, D. 1988. Relocation guidelines available. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 8(26):3.
176	Jackson, D. 1988. Gopher tortoise protected in Florida. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 8(26):1.
177	Jackson, D. R., and R. J. Bryant, editors. 1988 (1986). The gopher tortoise and its community. Proceedings of the 5th Annual Meeting of the Gopher Tortoise Council, Florida State Museum, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 93pp.
178	Jackson, D. R. 1990. Gopher Tortoise Council starts Upland Habitat Protection Fund. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of The Gopher Tortoise Council 11(1):16.
179	Jackson, D. R. 1992. Upland projects ranked highly by Florida. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 12(1):12.
180	Jackson, D. 1992. GTC/UHPP sponsors major land acquisition project in Florida. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of The Gopher Tortoise Council 12(2):1–2.
181	Jackson, D. R. 1993. Upland habitat acquisition proposals move forward in Florida. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of The Gopher Tortoise Council 13(2):2. [erroneously numbered 14(2)]
182	Jacobson, E. R. 1993. Implications of infectious diseases for captive propagation and introduction programs of threatened endangered reptiles. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 24:245–255.
183	Kenner, W. J. 1994. Sand pine scrub restoration: an alternative to high-intensity fire (Florida). Restoration & Management Notes 12:83.
184	Kent, D. M., M. A. Langston, D. W. Hanf, and P. M. Wallace. 1997. Utility of a camera system for investigating gopher tortoise burrows. Florida Scientist 60:193–196.
185	Kinney, K. 1988. Tourist tortoise returns. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 8(28):5.
186	Knizley, E. J. 1997. Gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) relocation project: monitoring the tortoise population and associate species of the tortoise burrow. M.S. Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 108pp.
187	Kopeny, M. T. 1991. Florida's proposed incidental take rule for gopher tortoises. University of Michigan School of Natural Resources, Endangered Species Update 8(7):1–4.
188	Layne, J. N. 1989. Comparison of survival rates and movements of relocated and resident gopher tortoises in a south-central Florida Population. Pages 73–79 in J. E. Diemer et al., editors. Proceedings of the gopher tortoise relocation symposium. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Nongame Wildlife Program Technical Report No. 5.
189	Logan, T. 1981. Survey of gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) populations on federal lands in Florida. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Fish and Wildlife Laboratory, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 104pp. (Unpublished Report)
190	Lohmeier, L. 1988. Turtle in trouble. Animal Kingdom 91(6):26–33.
191	Lohoefener, R., L. Lohmeier, and G. Johnston, editors. 1981. The future of gopher tortoise habitats. Proceedings of the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Gopher Tortoise Council, Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, Jackson, Mississippi, USA. 114pp.
192	Lowe, D. W., J. R. Matthews, and C. J. Moseley, editors. 1990. The official World Wildlife Fund guide to endangered species of North America. Beacham, Washington, D.C., USA. 1180pp.
193	Macdonald, L. A. 1994. Reintroduction of gopher tortoises, Gopherus polyphemus, to reclaimed phosphate-mined land. Abstract in a symposium on the status and conservation of Florida turtles, 2–3 April 1994, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA.
194	Macdonald, L. 1995. Relocations, exasperation—a survey of refuges and refugees. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 15(1):13.
195	Macdonald, L. A. 1996. Reintroduction of gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) to reclaimed phosphate land. Florida Institute Phosphate Research Publication No. 03-105-126, Bartow, Florida, USA.
196	Matthews, E. L. 1979. The gopher. Florida Wildlife 32(5):38–40.
197	McCoy, E. D., and H. R. Mushinsky. 1987. Studies on the demography of Gopherus polyphemus. Page 116 (abstract) in Proceedings of the Joint Meeting of the 35th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles and the 30th Annual Meeting of the Herpetologists' League, 9–15 August 1987, Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico.
198	McCoy, E. D., and H. R. Mushinsky. 1989. The demography of gopher tortoises, Gopherus polyphemus, in disturbed habitats. Abstract in Abstracts of the First World Congress of Herpetology, 11–19 September 1989, University of Kent at Canterbury, United Kingdom.
199	McCoy, E. D., and H. R. Mushinsky. 1992. Studying a species in decline: gopher tortoises and the dilemma of "correction factors." Herpetologica 48:402–407.
200	McCoy, E. D., B. Stys, and H. R. Mushinsky. 2002. A comparison of GIS and survey estimates of gopher tortoise habitat and numbers of individuals in Florida. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 4:472–478.
201	McElroy, D. 1986. National-forest tortoise hunts illegal under new Florida rule. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 6(20):4–5.
202	McMurtray, J. D. 1990. From the co-chair Jennifer McMurtray. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 10(3):1, 3.
203	McMurtray, J. 1991. From the co-chair. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of The Gopher Tortoise Council 11(2):1–2.
204	McMurtray, J. 1991. From the co-chair. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of The Gopher Tortoise Council 11(3):1–2.
205	McMurtray, J. 1991. New Florida parks for gopher tortoises. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of The Gopher Tortoise Council 11(2):7–8.
206	Means, D. B. 1976. Survey of the status of amphibians and reptiles of the Apalachicola National Forest, Florida. Unpublished Report to the U.S. Forest Service. 58pp.
207	Means, D. B. 1976. Survey of the status of amphibians and reptiles of the Ocala National Forest, Florida. Unpublished Report to the U.S. Forest Service. 43pp.
208	Means, D. B. 1985. Ecological critique of proposed management plan for Florida national forests. Unpublished Report to the National Wildlife Federation. 31pp.
209	Means, D. B. 1986. Ecological reasons for an appeal of Forest Service proposed management plan for Florida national forests. Unpublished Report to the National Wildlife Federation. 23pp.
210	Means, D. B. 1987. Impact of current forestry practices on national forests in Florida. Unpublished Report to The Wilderness Society. 59pp.
211	Means, D. B. 1988. Keynote address: John Muir's walk through the Southeast: one hundred seventeen years later. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Gopher Tortoise Council 5:1–3.
212	Means, D. B. 1988. Management recommendations for the gopher tortoise in longleaf pine ecosystems. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Gopher Tortoise Council 6:41–56.
213	Mickler, L. E. 1986. Gopher stew. North Florida Living 6(1):68, 77.
214	Mierzwa, K. S. 1988. Legislative update & conservation notes. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 23(1):16.
215	Milstrey, E. G. 1988. Ticks and invertebrate commensals in gopher tortoise burrows: implications and importance. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Gopher Tortoise Council 5:4–15.
216	Minno, M., and M. Minno. 1988. The proposed Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport gopher tortoise preserve. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Gopher Tortoise Council 5:4–15.
217	Morrow, A. 1992. The gopher tortoise—in a race for survival. Florida Wildlife 46(4):32–35.
218	Mushinsky, H. R., E. D. McCoy, and D. S. Wilson. 1988. The influence of habitat structure on gopher tortoise distributions within populations. Page 147 (abstract) in Proceedings of the Combined Meeting of the Herpetologists' League, American Elasmobranch Society, Early Life History Section of the American Fisheries Society, Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 24–29 June 1988, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
219	Mushinsky, H. R., and L. A. Esman. 1994. Perceptions of gopher tortoise burrows over time. Florida Field Naturalist 22:1–7.
220	Mushinsky, H. R., E. D. McCoy, and D. S. Wilson. 1997. Patterns of gopher tortoise demography in Florida. Pages 252–258 in J. Van Abbema, editor. Proceedings of conservation, restoration, and management of tortoises and turtles—an international conference, 11–16 July 1993, State University of New York, Purchase, New York, USA. New York Turtle and Tortoise Society.
221	Nicol, E. 1983. Keeping of turtles and tortoises as pets. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Gopher Tortoise Council 4:32–35.
222	Nicol, E. B. 1984. A dilemma. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 4(10):5–6.
223	Nicol, E. 1985. Need for protecting gopher tortoises exists. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 5(15):1–2.
224	Nicol, E. 1987. There's hope yet. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 7(25):9.
225	Nicol, E. 1987. Meanwhile, in Brooksville, Hernando County, Florida... Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 7(24):4–5.
226	Noss, R. 1987. Copies of two letters concerning a gopher tortoise relocation project. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 7(25):2–3.
227	Noss, R. F. 1988. The longleaf pine landscape of the Southeast: almost gone and almost forgotten. University of Michigan School of Natural Resources, Endangered Species Update 5(5):1–8.
228	Novotny, R. 1988. The gopher tortoise at Morningside Nature Center: a public education project. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Gopher Tortoise Council 5:33–38.
229	O'Meara, T. E., and M. J. Abbott. 1987. Gopher tortoises response to summer burning in longleaf pine/turkey oak sandhills. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Nongame Wildlife Section Annual Performance Report, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 8pp.
230	Pearson, D. W. 1994. Turtle conservation symposium generates conservation funds and turtle protection pleas. Gainesville Herpetological Society Newsletter 11(2):17–19.
231	Perry, J., and J. G. Perry. 1994. The nature of Florida. Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 238pp.
232	Printiss, D., and D. Hipes. 1999. Rare amphibian and reptile survey of Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. Final Report, Florida Natural Areas Inventory, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 57pp.
233	Printiss, D., and D. Hipes. 2001. Inventory and management considerations of amphibians and reptiles on the Sumatra Tract, Tate's Hell State Forest, Florida. Final Report to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Forestry. Florida Natural Areas Inventory, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 40pp.
234	Puckett, C., and R. Franz. 2001. Gopher tortoise: a species in decline. Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 5pp.
235	Regan, M. B. 1993. Tortoises symbolize trade-offs: Disney deal balances growth, environment. League of Florida Herpetological Societies Newsletter (March):27–28.
236	Reid, G. K. 1991. The gopher tortoise: landlord of the sandhills. Florida Naturalist 64(1):3–5.
237	Richardson, D. R., I. J. Stout, R. E. Roberts, D. F. Austin, and T. R. Alexander. 1986. Design and management recommendations for a sand pine scrub preserve: the Yamato scrub. Ecological Consultants, Tampa, Florida, USA. 157pp. (Unpublished Report)
238	Ritchie, B. 1993. Developers may have to test tortoises. Reprinted in League of Florida Herpetological Societies Newsletter (November):29.
239	Sanders, B. A. 1981. Population status and management of the gopher tortoise on southeastern national parks. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Gopher Tortoise Council 2:26–34.
240	Seigel, R. A., J. A. Hurley, and K. R. Smith. 1993. Modeling the success (or failure) of translocations of gopher tortoises using population viability analysis. Abstract in Proceedings of the 1993 Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, 7–12 August 1993, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA.
241	Seigel, R. A., and C. K. Dodd, Jr. 2000. Manipulation of turtle populations for conservation: halfway technologies or viable options? Pages 218–238 in M. W. Klemens, editor. Turtle conservation. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C.
242	Seigel, R. A., R. B. Smith, and N. A. Seigel. 2003. Swine flu or 1918 pandemic? Upper Respiratory Tract Disease and the sudden mortality of gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) on a protected habitat in Florida. Journal of Herpetology 37:137–144.
243	Shattler, S. 1998. Habitat management plan for Platt Branch Mitigation Park. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.
244	Skoog, P. J. 1982. Highways and endangered wildlife in Florida: a manual of information and recommendations. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission and Florida Department of Transportation, State Project No. 99700-7249, Endangered Species Management Program, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 123pp.
245	Small, C. R., L. A. MacDonald, and L. Hoffman. 1994. The effects of reintroduction on reproduction of gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) in west-central Florida. Florida Scientist 57(Supplement 1):36 (abstract).
246	Small, C. R., L. A. MacDonald, and L. Hoffman. 1994. The effects of reintroduction on reproduction of gopher tortoises. Abstract in a symposium on the status and conservation of Florida turtles, 2–3 April 1994, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA.
247	Small, C. R. 1997. Reproduction and growth in relocated and resident gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) on reclaimed phosphate-mined lands. M.S. Thesis, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA. 107pp.
248	Smith, L. L. 1993. The use of a metal detector in locating hatchling gopher tortoises. Florida Scientist 56(Supplement 1):23–24 (abstract).
249	Smith, R. B., R. A. Seigel, and K. R. Smith. 1998. Occurrence of upper respiratory tract disease in gopher tortoise populations in Florida and Mississippi. Journal of Herpetology 32:426–430.
250	Smith, L. L. 1999. The role of the Gopher Tortoise Council in the conservation of the gopher tortoise. Abstract in G. L. Heinrich and P. A. Meylan, coordinators. A Second Symposium on the Status and Conservation of Florida Turtles and the 1999 Annual Meeting of the Gopher Tortoise Council, 8–11 October 1999, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA.
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252	Speake, D. W., and R. H. Mount. 1973. Some possible ecological effects of "rattlesnake roundups" in the southeastern coastal plain. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of Southeastern Game and Fish Commissioners 27:267–277.
253	Spillan, T. 1982. Patrick's project. Florida Wildlife 35(6):32–35.
254	Stiner, J. 1994. Protecting endangered species at Canaveral National Seashore. Endangered Species Technical Bulletin 19(2):16–17.
255	Stone, L. 1991. Sanibel Island. Voyageur Press, Stillwater, Minnesota, USA. 96pp.
256	Stout, I. J., T. J. Doonan, R. E. Roberts, and D. R. Richardson. 1989. A comparison of results of three gopher tortoise populations in central and southeast Florida. Pages 15–42 in J. E. Diemer, D. R. Jackson, J. L. Landers, J. N. Layne, and D. A. Wood, editors. Proceedings of the gopher tortoise relocation symposium. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Nongame Wildlife Program Technical Report No. 5, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.
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258	Studenroth, K. 1990. Tortoises no longer common on Eglin. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 10(3):4.
259	Stys, B., and R. S. Kautz. 1993. Habitat protection guidelines for species threatened by large-scale development. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 47:311–319.
260	Sutton, C. 1987. Saving the tortoise. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 7(24):6–7.
261	Tanner, G. W. 1981. Influence of range improvement practices on gopher tortoise burrows. Florida Scientist 44(Supplement 1):35 (abstract).
262	Tanner, G. W., and W. S. Terry. 1981. Effect of roller chopping and web plowing on gopher tortoise burrows in southern Florida. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Gopher Tortoise Council 2:66–73.
263	Taylor, R. W., Jr. 1981. The gopher tortoise—its use as food by man. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Gopher Tortoise Council 2:56–65.
264	Taylor, R. W., Jr. 1982. Human predation on the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) in north-central Florida. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 28:79–102.
265	Thomas, M. 1978. Gopher tortoise. Florida Naturalist 51(3):2–4.
266	Thorsen, J. 1990. Ocala National Forest report. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 10(3):4.
267	Timmerman, W. 1993. Gopher tortoise disease leaflets. Florida Department of Natural Resources, Office of Resource Management, Resource Management Notes 5(2):4–5.
268	U.S. Forest Service. 1985. Final environmental impact statement for national forests in Florida land and resource management plan: Baker, Columbia, Franklin, Lake, Leon, Liberty, Marion, Okaloosa, Putnam, and Wakulla counties in Florida. U.S. Forest Service, Southern Region, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 672pp.
269	Valerio, M. R. 1983. Gopher tortoises find refuge at Deerfield Island Park. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 3(9):3.
270	Wahlquist, H. 1990. Gopher tortoise conservation. Pages 77–79 in K. R. Beaman, F. Caporaso, S. McKeown, and M. Graff, editors. Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Turtles and Tortoises: Conservation and Captive Husbandry, Chapman University, Orange, California, USA.
271	Walker, S. 1995. Habitat use by raccoons (Procyon lotor) in a sandhill/wetland mosaic of north-central Florida. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 38, Part II:245–260.
272	Warner, S. C., and W. A. Dunson. 1998. The effect of low pH on amphibians breeding in temporary ponds in north Florida. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission Final Report, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 87pp.
273	Waters, J., Jr. 1986. Delicate balance: gopher tortoise. Florida Wildlife 40(6):39.
274	Wester, E. 1995. The Florida Gas Transmission Company Phase III Expansion gopher tortoise relocation. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 15(1):13–14.
275	Wilson, D. S. 1993. Management of Gopherus polyphemus: growth and sexual dimorphism. Page 53 (abstract) in Conservation, Restoration, and Management of Tortoises and Turtles: an International Conference, 11–16 July 1993, State University of New York, Purchase, New York, USA.
276	Wilson, D. S., H. R. Mushinsky, and R. A. Fischer. 1997. Species profile: gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) on military installations in the southeastern United States. Technical Report SERDP-97-10, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA. 34pp.
277	Wood, D. A. 1991. Legal accommodation of Florida's endangered species, threatened species and species of special concern. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 19pp.
278	Wood, D. A. 2001. Florida's fragile wildlife: conservation and management. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 240pp.

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