They hope to gather more eggs to hatch, raise and release in areas without
gopher tortoises.
Sample Site Selection.--We selected 50 locations exhibiting fresh pocket
gopher mounding activity (hereafter, active sites).
Pocket
gophers in ecosystems: patterns and mechanisms.
Upon capture, we dusted pocket
gophers with 0.25% Permethrin to remove potential ectoparasites.
Caption:
Gopher tortoises are a threatened species in Florida.
Gopher tortoises are heavily protected by environmental laws on federal wildlife refuges and national parks.
The common species associated with pocket
gopher mounds in disturbed dry sand prairie were the perennials Eragrostis trichoides and Opuntia humifusa with importance values of 69.1 and 28.1 respectively.
Gopher feet are a pricey commodity in some Minnesota townships, paying about $3 for a pair of feet to control the rodent population that destroys farmers' fields.
The
gopher seemed quite happy with his home, despite it being perilously close to the pad where astronauts blast off for the International Space Station.
Some traps are effective for larger animals but too big for
gopher tunnels.
He was also spectacular as the quarterback of the Golden
Gopher football team.
Key words: Botta's Pocket
Gopher, cattle grazing, Great Gray Owl, meadows, Mountain Pocket
Gopher, Sierra Nevada Mountains, Strix nebulosa, Thomomys bottae, Thomomys monticola