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Red Imported Fire Ants Reduce Invertebrate Abundance, Richness, and Diversity in Gopher Tortoise Burrows

Deborah M. Epperson,
Craig R. Allen and
Katharine F. E. Hogan

Diversity2021, 13(1), 7;https://doi.org/10.3390/d13010007

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29 December 2020

Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) burrows support diverse commensal invertebrate communities that may be of special conservation interest. We investigated the impact of red imported fire ants (Solenopsis invicta) on the invertebrate burrow commun...

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Botanical Assessment of Disturbed Urban Population of Threatened Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) Habitat in SE Florida During Drought

George Rogers

Biology2025, 14(8), 1038;https://doi.org/10.3390/biology14081038

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12 August 2025

Gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) are threatened burrowing keystone ecosystem engineers indigenous to open uplands in the Southeastern United States. Perils to the species include habitat degradation and fragmentation, anthropogenic disturbances...

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Analytical and Clinical Evaluation of Two Methods for Measuring Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate in Eastern Indigo Snakes (Drymarchon couperi)

James E. Bogan

Animals2023, 13(3), 464;https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13030464

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28 January 2023

Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) is a hematological test that can detect inflammatory activity within the body. Although not specific for any particular disease, ESR is often used as a screening “sickness indicator” due to its reliabi...

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