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Habitat quality in farmland influences the activity patterns of giant Galapagos tortoises

2024-12-01

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Many Galapagos giant tortoises make seasonal migrations from arid lowlands in the wet season, to humid highlands in the dry season. However, for critically endangered Western Santa Cruz giant tortoises (Chelonoidis porteri), at least 88% of the habitat in the highlands is now used for agriculture. To understand the impact of agricultural land use on tortoise behavior, we conducted 242 30-minute observations of tor...

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Literature Corpus work: 7f1d9a9f-d1b0-5c12-a234-b2383e7b975e
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-024-02957-z

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