University of Georgia / University of Montana / Canyon Crest Field Station of USGS / Canyon Crest Field Station / Las Vegas Field Station / University Orthopedics / Humboldt State University / University of Missouri / New Mexico State University / J. F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital / Banning Veterinary Hospital / University of California / /
Great Basin Desert / Mojave desert / Colorado River / Sonoran desert / Colorado Plateau / California desert / Rock Valley / Mojave / /
Organization
Bureau of Land Management / University of Georgia / Department of Biology / Humboldt State University / University of Missouri / Western Ecological Research Center / J. F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital / Fish and Wildlife Service / Banning Veterinary Hospital / University of Montana / National Park Service / New Mexico State University / University of California / Los Angeles / Smithsonian / University of California / Riverside / /
Person
Hal Avery / Jeff Lovich / KATHIE MEYER / Dustin Haines / Biologists Todd Esque / Alan Brown / Phil Medica / Gillian Bowser / Fred Turner / /
Position
Wildlife Biologist / Wildlife Technician / Ecologist / Governor / Research Manager / Station Leader / Research Wildlife Biologist / /
PHOTO BY KATHIE MEYER Figure 1. Desert tortoises, represented by this male photographed in Joshua Tree National Park, have the greatest latitudinal distribution of any of the four North American tortoises ranging from s