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1 Anonymous. 1993. Habitat loss puts gopher tortoises at risk. League of Florida Herpetological Societies Newsletter (May):29.
2 Anonymous. 1993. Health problems facing Florida gopher tortoise raise questions about relocation policies. Wildlife Rehabilitation Today 4(3):23–24.
3 Anonymous. 1993. Disease leaves Florida tortoises at risk. Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Office of Resource Management, Resource Management Notes 5(1):7.
4 Anonymous. 1994. Gopher tortoise project to be model for relocation programs. Wildlife Rehabilitation Today 5(3):48–50.
5 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.
6 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.
7 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.
8 Ashton Biodiversity Research & Preservation Institute, Inc. 2000. Gopher tortoises and their ticks do not have or spread heartwater disease. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 20(2):9.
9 Beltz, E. 1994. Herp news from around the world: gopher tortoises dying. Vivarium 6(2):8.
10 Berish, J. E. 1992. State reports: Florida. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 12(1):7–8.
11 Berish, J. E. 1993. Florida report. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of The Gopher Tortoise Council 13(1):6–7.
12 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.
13 Berish, J. 1994. GTC state report, 1993 Florida. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of The Gopher Tortoise Council 14(1):4.
14 Berish, J. E. 1995. GTC state report 1994 Florida. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 15(1):3.
15 Berish, J. E. 1996. GTC state report—1995 Florida. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 16(1):5–6.
16 Berish, J. E. 1997. Distribution and prevalence of upper respiratory tract disease in gopher tortoises. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 25pp.
17 Berish, J. E. 1997. GTC state report 1996 Florida. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 17(1):9.
18 Berish, J. E. 1998. 1998 state reports: Florida. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 18(4):4–5.
19 Berish, J. E. 1998. State reports: Florida. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 18(1):5–6.
20 Berish, J. E. 2000–2001. State reports: Florida. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 20(3):7.
21 Berish, J. E. 2001. Management considerations for the gopher tortoise in Florida. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Final Report, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 44pp.
22 Berish, J. 2002–2003. State reports: Florida. The Tortoise Burrow, Newsletter of the Gopher Tortoise Council 22(4):2–3.
23 Beyer, S. M. 1993. Habitat relations of juvenile gopher tortoises and a preliminary report of upper respiratory tract disease (URTD) in gopher tortoises. M.S. Thesis, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA. 95pp.
24 Blihovde, B. 2002–2003. Tortoise die-off at Rock Springs Run State Preserve. The Tortoise Burrow, Newsletter of the Gopher Tortoise Council 22(4):7.
25 Brown, D. R., I. M. Schumacher, G. S. McLaughlin, L. D. Wendland, M. B. Brown, P. A. Klein, and E. R. Jacobson. 2002. Application of diagnostic tests for mycoplasmal infections of desert and gopher tortoises, with management considerations. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 4:497–507.
26 Butterfield, B. P., W. E. Meshaka, Jr., and C. Guyer. 1997. Nonindigenous amphibians and reptiles. Pages 123–138 in D. Simberloff, D. C. Schmitz, and T. C. Brown, editors. Strangers in paradise. Impact and management of nonindigenous species in Florida. Island Press, Covelo, California, USA.
27 Diemer, J. 1990. State reports: Florida. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of The Gopher Tortoise Council 11(1):4.
28 Diemer, J. E. 2000. Annual state reports: Florida. Tortoise Burrow, Newsletter of the Gopher Tortoise Council 19(4):4.
29 Diemer Berish, J. 1999. Effects of upper respiratory tract disease on gopher tortoise populations. 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.
30 Diemer Berish, J. 2000. Effects of upper respiratory tract disease on gopher tortoise populations. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 20(1):2 (abstract).
31 Diemer Berish, J. E., L. D. Wendland, and C. A. Gates. 2000. Distribution and prevalence of upper respiratory tract disease in gopher tortoises in Florida. Journal of Herpetology 34:5–12.
32 Dodd, K. 1990. Nothing to sneeze at. Florida Department of Natural Resources, Office of Land Use Planning and Biological Services, Resource Management Notes 2(1):5.
33 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.
34 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.
35 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.
36 Gates, C. A., M. J. Allen, J. E. Diemer Berish, D. M. Stillwaugh, Jr., and S. R. Shattler. 2002. Characterization of a gopher tortoise mortality event in west-central Florida. Florida Scientist 65:185–197.
37 Guyot, C. 1999. Quelques aspects d'écolgie et de conservation chez la tortue de Gopher, Gopherus polyphemus. Manouria 2(5):17–32.
38 Hawkins, R. 1993. Gopher tortoise restocking—research needs. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of The Gopher Tortoise Council 13(3):8–9.
39 Hawkins, R. 1993. Florida gopher tortoise relocation update. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of The Gopher Tortoise Council 13(2):3–4.
40 Hollamby, S., D. Murphy, and C. A. Schiller. 2000. An epizootic of amoebiasis in a mixed species collection of juvenile tortoises. Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery 10:9–15.
41 Iverson, J. B. 1998. Molecules, morphology, and mud turtle phylogenetics (Family Kinosternidae). Chelonian Conservation and Biology 3:113–117.
42 Jackson, C. 2002. Reptile news and trivia: UF turtle program gets grant. Reptiles Magazine 10(12):10.
43 Jacobson, E. R. 1993. Diseases in wild populations of turtles and tortoises: the chelonian charisma vs. coincidence conundrum. Page 34 (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.
44 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.
45 Jacobson, E. R. 1994. Causes of mortality and diseases in tortoises—a review. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 25:2–17.
46 Jacobson, E. R. 1994. Diseases in wild populations of turtles and tortoises in Florida. Abstract in a symposium on the status and conservation of Florida turtles, 2–3 April 1994, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA.
47 McLaughlin, G. 1995. Upper respiratory tract disease and the role of social interactions of gopher tortoises. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 15(1):12.
48 McLaughlin, G. S. 1997. Upper respiratory tract disease in gopher tortoises, Gopherus polyphemus: pathology, immune responses, transmission, and implications for conservation and management. Dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 110pp.
49 McLaughlin, G. S., E. R. Jacobson, D. R. Brown, C. E. McKenna, I. M. Schumacher, H. P. Adam, M. B. Brown, and P. A. Klein. 2000. Pathology of upper respiratory tract disease of gopher tortoises in Florida. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 36:272–283.
50 Page, C. D., M. Mautino, J. Derendorf, and W. Mechlinski. 1991. Multiple-dose pharmacokinetics of ketoconazole administered orally to gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 22:191–198.
51 Petter, A. J., and J. F. Douglass. 1976. Etude des populations d'oxyures du colon des Gopherus (Testudinidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Natural History of Paris (Zoology) No. 271:731–768.
52 Pye, G. W., E. R. Jacobson, S. M. Newell, T. Scase, D. J. Heard, and P. M. Dennis. 1999. Serratia marcescens infection in a gopher tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus, and use of magnetic resonance imaging in diagnosing systemic disease. Bulletin of the Association of Reptilian and Amphibian Veterinarians 9(4):8–11.
53 Rabatsky, A., and B. Blihovde. 2002. Gopher tortoise die-off at Rock Springs Run State Preserve, Lake County, Florida. Turtle and Tortoise Newsletter No. 6:27–28.
54 Ranson, B. 2002. Newsnotes: search for the cause of gopher tortoise die-off. Turtle and Tortoise Newsletter No. 5:26.
55 Regan, M. B. 1993. Tortoises symbolize trade-offs: Disney deal balances growth, environment. League of Florida Herpetological Societies Newsletter (March):27–28.
56 Ritchie, B. 1993. Developers may have to test tortoises. Reprinted in League of Florida Herpetological Societies Newsletter (November):29.
57 Schumacher, I. M., and E. R. Jacobson. 1994. Diseases of North American tortoises (Gopherus spp.). Pages 80–84 in G. Aguirrie, E. D. McCoy, and H. R. Mushinsky, organizers. North American Tortoise Conference, 8–12 October 1994, Durango, Mexico.
58 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.
59 Seigel, R. A., R. B. Smith, J. Demuth, L. M. Ehrhart, and F. F. Snelson, Jr. 2002. Amphibians and reptiles of the John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida: a long-term assessment of a large protected habitat (1975–2000). Florida Scientist 65:1–12.
60 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.
61 Smith, L. L. 1995. Nesting ecology, female home range and activity, and population size-class structure of the gopher tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus, in the Katharine Ordway Preserve, Putnam County, Florida. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 37, Part I(4):97–126.
62 Smith, R. B., R. A. Seigel, and K. R. Smith. 1997. Occurrence of upper respiratory disease in gopher tortoise populations in Florida and Mississippi. Page 273 (abstract) in Proceedings of the 77th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 26 June–2 July 1997, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
63 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.
64 Smith, R. B. 1999. Gopher tortoises. League of Florida Herpetological Societies Newsletter (February):12–15.
65 Timmerman, W. 1993. Gopher tortoise disease leaflets. Florida Department of Natural Resources, Office of Resource Management, Resource Management Notes 5(2):4–5.
66 Westhouse, R. A., E. R. Jacobson, R. K. Harris, K. R. Winter, and B. L. Homer. 1996. Respiratory and pharyngo-esophageal iridovirus infection in a gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus). Journal of Wildlife Diseases 32:682–686.
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