Juvenile representation is decreasing in all five G. agassizii recovery units, indicating inadequate recruitment across the entire recovery-unit system.
Notes on verification
Directly corroborated by peer-reviewed primary source (Allison and McLuckie 2018) and repeated in subsequent independent peer-reviewed studies and agency reports. [tier=gold indep_score=0.988 clusters=4 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- Gopherus agassizii - USGS Publications Warehouse (seed:environment_and_wildlife)
- https://www.herpconbio.org/Volume_13/Issue_2/Allison_McLuckie_2018.pdf (corroboration)
- https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Allison%20and%20McLuckie.2018.Popln%20trends%20in%20MDT_0.pdf (corroboration)
- https://www.osti.gov/pages/servlets/purl/2350791 (corroboration)
- https://toddlab.ucdavis.edu/publications/glass%20et%20al.%202024%20JWM.pdf (corroboration)