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Desert Tortoises Can’t Take the Heat of Roadside Fencing | UC Davis

Accepted submission by MrPlow at 2017-08-06 13:46:23
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MrPlow [soylentnews.org] writes:

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Desert tortoises pace back and forth and can overheat by roadside fencing meant to help them, according to a study published in the journal Biological Conservation by the University of California, Davis, and the University of Georgia.

See also: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2017.07.022 [doi.org]

Source: https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/desert-tortoises-can%E2%80%99t-take-heat-roadside-fencing [ucdavis.edu]

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