Mirza M. Agha
Jo Anna Emanuel
Michelina Dziadzio
Jane Cooke
Lourdes Mena
Matthew Hinderliter
Scott Hoffmann
Nicole Rankin
John Tupy
Conor P. McGowan
Brian Folt
2024
<p><span>We read the letter written by </span><span class="anchor-text-container"><span class="anchor-text">Loope et al. (2024)</span></span><span> that evaluated the predictive population model for gopher tortoises from our previous paper (</span><span class="anchor-text-container"><span class="anchor-text">Folt et al., 2022</span></span><span>), and, despite criticism raised, we contend that our effort remains a valuable contribution. In our previous paper, we performed an unprecedented and exhaustive review of gopher tortoise population demography, which synthesized a large volume of literature about the current state of knowledge on gopher tortoise population dynamics and factors that influence demographic rates, including anthropogenic threats (</span><span class="anchor-text-container"><span class="anchor-text">Folt et al., 2022</span></span><span>). We then built a predictive population model that examined the relative influence of multiple anthropogenic stressors on tortoise populations into the future, while accounting for important geographic variation (</span><span class="anchor-text-container"><span class="anchor-text">Folt et al., 2022</span></span><span>).</span></p>
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10.1016/j.gecco.2024.e03093
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Elsevier
Strengths and opportunities in gopher tortoise population modeling: Reply to Loope et al.
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