Tweaking the approach to save the desert tortoise.
“Increase the size, increase the survival” is the premise behind head-starting—raising an at-risk species in captivity until it is large enough to be less vulnerable to predators after release into the wild. But research conducted by University of Georgia scientists in California’s Mojave Desert reveals larger size alone is not enough to save the desert tortoise from predator attacks.
https://news.uga.edu/tweaking-approach-save-desert-tortoises/
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