Biology and Conservation of North American Tortoises

List of Contributors

CONTRIBUTORS Gustavo Aguirre L. Instituto de Ecología, A. C. Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico Linda J. Allison Desert Tortoise Monitoring Coordinator US Fish and Wildlife Service Reno, Nevada Matthew J. Aresco Director, Nokuse Plantation Bruce, Florida Roy C. Averill-Murray Desert Tortoise Recovery Coordinator US Fish and Wildlife Service Reno, Nevada Joan E. Berish Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Wildlife Research Laboratory Gainesville, Florida Kristin H. Berry US Geological Survey Biological Resources Discipline Western Ecological Research Center Riverside, California Dennis M. Bramble Department of Biology The University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah K. Kristina Drake US Geological Survey Biological Resources Discipline Henderson, Nevada Taylor Edwards Tucson, Arizona Todd C. Esque Research Ecologist US Geological Survey Henderson, Nevada Richard Franz P.O. Box 210 Putnam Hall, Florida Craig Guyer Department of Biological Sciences Auburn University Auburn, Alabama J. Scott Harrison Department of Biology Georgia Southern University Statesboro, Georgia Sharon M. Hermann Department of Biological Sciences Auburn University Auburn, Alabama J. Howard Hutchison University of California Museum of Paleontology Berkeley, California Elliott R. Jacobson College of Veterinary Medicine University of Florida Gainesville, Florida Valerie M. Johnson Department of Biological Sciences Auburn University Auburn, Alabama Richard T. Kazmaier Department of Life, Earth and Environmental Sciences West Texas A&M University Canyon, Texas Earl D. McCoy Department of Integrative Biology University of South Florida Tampa, Florida viii contributors Philip A. Medica US Geological Survey Biological Resources Discipline Henderson, Nevada Robert W. Murphy Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Biology Royal Ontario Museum Toronto, Ontario Henry R. Mushinsky Department of Integrative Biology University of South Florida Tampa, Florida Kenneth E. Nussear US Geological Survey Biological Resources Discipline Henderson, Nevada Michael P. O’Connor Department of Biology Drexel University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Thomas A. Radzio Department of Biology Drexel University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania David C. Rostal Department of Biology Georgia Southern University Statesboro, Georgia Lora L. Smith Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center Newton, Georgia James R. Spotila Department of Biology Drexel University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Craig B. Stanford Department of Ichthyology and Herpetology Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Los Angeles, California South Pasadena, California C. Richard Tracy Department of Biology University of Nevada, Reno Reno, Nevada Tracey D. Tuberville University of Georgia Savannah River Ecology Lab Aiken, South Carolina Michael Tuma SWCA Environmental Consultants South Pasadena, California Thane Wibbels Department of Biology University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, Alabama ...