Juvenile representation is decreasing in all five G. agassizii recovery units, indicating inadequate recruitment across the entire recovery-unit system.
Notes on verification
Directly corroborated by peer-reviewed primary source (Allison and McLuckie 2018) and repeated in subsequent independent peer-reviewed studies and agency reports.
Sources
- Gopherus agassizii - USGS Publications Warehouse (pubs.usgs.gov)
- https://www.herpconbio.org/Volume_13/Issue_2/Allison_McLuckie_2018.pdf (herpconbio.org)
- https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Allison%20and%20McLuckie.2018.Popln%20trends%20in%20MDT_0.pdf (fws.gov)
- https://www.osti.gov/pages/servlets/purl/2350791 (osti.gov)
- https://toddlab.ucdavis.edu/publications/glass%20et%20al.%202024%20JWM.pdf (toddlab.ucdavis.edu)