BURROWS OF DESERT TORTOISES ( GOPHERUS AGASSIZII ) AS THERMAL REFUGIA FOR HORNED LARKS ( EREMOPHILA ALPESTRIS ) IN THE MOJAVE DESERT

The Mojave Desert is one of the driest and hottest deserts in North America. One would expect that birds living in this desert would be specialists adapted to survive such an environment. However, most of the avifauna present in the Mojave Desert range into cooler, more-humid regions. We report obse...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Southwestern Naturalist. - Southwestern Association of Naturalist. - 54(2009), 4, Seite 375-381
1. Verfasser:	Walde, Andrew D. (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser:	Walde, Angela M., Delaney, David K., Pater, Larry L.
Format:	Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	2009
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:	The Southwestern Naturalist
Schlagworte:	Physical sciences Biological sciences Applied sciences Health sciences