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1 1011 Bjorndal, K. A. 1987. Digestive efficiency in a temperate herbivorous reptile, Gopherus polyphemus. Copeia 1987:714–720.
2 1063 Bogert, C. M., and R. B. Cowles. 1947. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 58. Moisture loss in relation to habitat selection in some Florida reptiles. American Museum Novitates No. 1358. 34pp.
3 1304 Caligiuri, R. L., G. V. Kollias, E. R. Jacobson, et al. 1990. The effects of ambient temperature on amikacin pharmacokinetics in gopher tortoises. Veterinary Pharmacological Therapy 13:287–291.
4 1352 Cantrell, C. E. 1964. Comparative hematology of some Florida turtles, with special reference to their habitat. M.S. Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 50pp.
5 2162 Ehrenfeld, D. W. 1966. The sea-finding orientation of the green turtle (Chelonia mydas). Dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 95pp.
6 2852 Hansen, K. L., and D. E. Sweat. 1962. Spermiation in Rana p. pipiens in response to heteroplastic pituitary materials. Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 25:109–120.
7 3392 Johnston, G. 1997. Seasonal aspects of gopher tortoise Gopherus polyphemus thermal ecology. Abstract in Proceedings of the Joint Meeting of the 77th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 45th Annual Meeting of the Herpetologists' League, and 40th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, 26 June–2 July 1997, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
8 3619 Kwiatkowski, P. 1995. History characteristics of gopher tortoises with reference to gaps in our knowledge. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 15(1):9–10.
9 3620 Kwiatkowski, P. A., and K. Connor. 1994. Physiology, genetics, and behavior of Gopherus polyphemus. Pages 48–53 in G. Aguirrie, E. D. McCoy, and H. R. Mushinsky, organizers. North American Tortoise Conference, 8–12 October 1994, Durango, Mexico.
10 3621 Kwiatkowski, P. A., and K. Connor. 1995. Physiology, genetics, and behavior of Gopherus polyphemus. Publicaciones de la Sociedad Herpetólogica Mexicana 2:41–44.
11 9873 Lauck, M., J. Scholl, and E. Frazier. 2013. An analysis of the vegetation within the FAU preserve as a basis for management of scrub habitat for Gopherus polyphemus. FAU Undergraduate Research Journal 2(1):7.
12 3792 Linley, T. A., and H. R. Mushinsky. 1994. Organic composition and energy content of eggs and hatchlings of the gopher tortoise. Pages 113–128 in R. B. Bury and D. J. Germano, editors. Biology of North American tortoises. U.S. Department Interior National Biological Survey, Fish and Wildlife Research 13, Washington, D.C.
13 3793 Linley, T. R. 1987. Proximate organic composition of energy content of eggs and hatchlings of the gopher tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus (Daudin). M.S. Thesis, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA. 43pp.
14 3794 Linley, T. R. 1988. Tortoise density, age/size class distribution and reproductive parameters of a central Florida population of Gopherus polyphemus. Proceedings of Annual Meeting of the Gopher Tortoise Council 5:21–32.
15 9509 McCoy, E. D., R. D. Moore, H. R. Mushinsky, and S. C. Popa. 2011. Effects of rainfall and the potential influence of climate change on two congeneric tortoise species. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 10:34−41.
16 4327 Minnich, J. E., and M. R. Ziegler. 1977. Water turnover of free-living gopher tortoises, Gopherus polyphemus, in central Florida. Pages 130–151 in M. Trotter, editor. Proceedings of the 1977 Symposium of the Desert Tortoise Council, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
17 8010 Mushinsky, H. R., E. D. McCoy, and J. K. Lindzey. 2006. Habitat quality, disease, and the gopher tortoise. Abstract in Joint Meeting of the 22nd Annual Meeting of the American Elasmobranch Society, 86th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 64th Annual Meeting of the Herpetologists' League, and the 49th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles; 12–17 July 2006, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
18 4813 Palmer, B. D. 1986. Oviductal morphology of the gopher tortoise. Page 100 (abstract) in Proceedings of the Joint Meeting of the 34th Annual Meeting of The Herpetologists' League and 29th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, 10–15 August 1986, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri, USA.
19 4955 Prezant, R. M., R. Isaza, and E. R. Jacobson. 1994. Plasma concentrations and disposition kinetics of enrofloxacin in gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 25:82–87.
20 5741 Taylor, R. W., Jr., and E. R. Jacobson. 1982. Hematology and serum chemistry of the gopher tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 72A:425–428.
21 7976 Thorson, T. B. 1968. Body fluid partitioning in Reptilia. Copeia 1968:592-601.
22 5936 Ultsch, G. R., and J. F. Anderson. 1986. The respiratory microenvironment within the burrow of gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus). Copeia 1986:787–795.
23 5937 Ultsch, G. R., and J. F. Anderson. 1988. Gas exchange during hypoxia and hypercarbia of terrestrial turtles: a comparison of a fossorial species (Gopherus polyphemus) with a sympatric nonfossorial species (Terrapene carolina). Physiological Zoology 61:142–152.
24 9597 White, C. 2010. Gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) habitat selection, health, and fecundity. Dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
25 10014 Ziegler, M. R. 1977. Water turnover in free living gopher tortoises, Gopherus polyphemus, in central Florida. M.S. Thesis, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
26 6530 Zug, G. R. 1963. Male genitalia in the systematics of turtles. M.S. Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 39pp.

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