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Filtering by: Subject Desert tortoise -- California -- Mojave Desert -- Mortality -- Computer simulation Commencement Year 2000

A spatial model for studying population dynamics of the California Mojave Desert tortoise

Creator:

Nguyen, Linh Thu

Abstract:

A spatially explicit population model written in C++ programming language is used in this study examining the population dynamics of the Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) in the California Mojave Desert. The model is constructed with hexagonal divisions of space, and with one-year increments of time. Four thematic maps: vegetation, soil...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis