Impacts of Climate Change and Land Use on the Southwestern United States

Desert Tortoise Ecology

Range of the Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii

Fort Irwin is located 30 miles north of Barstow (BAR) in the WesternMojave Desert of California.

Map Key

Horizontal lines= Mojave Desert
Shaded area = Sonoran Desert
Vertical Lines = Sinaloan deciduous forest
Hatching = Sinoloan thornscrub

Source:

Germano, David J. et al. Range and Habitat of the Desert Tortoise. The Biology of North American Tortoises, edited by R. B. Bury and D. J. Germano. p. 77.

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