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Beyond The Tide: A Comprehensive Guide To Sea-Level-Rise Inundation Mapping Using Foss4g, Levente Juhasz, Jinwen Xu, Randall W. Parkinson Nov 2023

Beyond The Tide: A Comprehensive Guide To Sea-Level-Rise Inundation Mapping Using Foss4g, Levente Juhasz, Jinwen Xu, Randall W. Parkinson

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Seasonal Differences In Diet Specialization, Frugivory, And Seed Dispersal In A Subtropical Population Of Gopher Tortoise, Adrian Figueroa Nov 2023

Seasonal Differences In Diet Specialization, Frugivory, And Seed Dispersal In A Subtropical Population Of Gopher Tortoise, Adrian Figueroa

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This dissertation is the culmination of a 1.5-year research project into the unique ecology of gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) at the southeasternmost extent of the species’ range. This study population occupies the globally imperiled pine rockland ecosystem of Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA, of which >98% no longer exists outside Everglades National Park. My research unveiled a seasonal shift in the diet of the gopher tortoise population where individuals became more specialized in the wet season (June to November) than in the dry season (December to May). This temporal difference in diet specialization coincided with a shift toward frugivory. …