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Mora, I., Sempere, R., Montesinos, A., Anadón, J. D., & Giménez Casalduero, A. , Reproduction of the spur-thighed tortoise after a fire in southeast spain. Paper presented at XIII Congreso Espanol.
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| Resource type: Proceedings Article BibTeX citation key: Mora2006a View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Fortpflanzung = reproduction, Habitat = habitat, Schildkröten = turtles + tortoises, Südwesteuropa = South-Western Europe, Testudinidae, Testudo, Testudo graeca Creators: Anadón, Giménez Casalduero, Montesinos, Mora, Sempere Publisher: Sociedad de Ciencias Aranzadi Zientzi Elkartea Collection: XIII Congreso Espanol |
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Testudinidae In summer 2004 an important fire affected the Sierra of Carrasquilla (Murcia), that contains important populations of the spur-thighed tortoise (Testudo graeca). The aim of the present work is to assess the effects of the fire on the reproduction of the species. For that purpose, we radio-tracked twelve female tortoises in the biological reserve “Las Cumbre de la Galera” that was partially affected by the fire. Six of them were located in a burned area whereas the remaining six were located in an area unaffected by the fire, and thus were treated as a control group. We monitored tortoises every two weeks for two years and estimated reproductive parameters (number of eggs per clutch and number of clutches) by X-ray radiographies. Preliminary analysis shows that there were no significant differences between the two groups (affected and not affected by fire) no between the two years. The maximum number of clutches per female during one spring was three and the maximum number of eggs per clutch was six. In all cases there were tortoises that did not reproduce. These results are the first data about the reproduction parameters of the spur-thighed tortoise in southeast Spain.
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