A History of Desert Tortoise Research at Saguaro National Park: Version 4 (4/6/20) (Natural Resource Report NPS/SODN/NRR?2009/100)

Research at Saguaro National Park has provided information on Sonoran Desert tortoise abundance, habitat, distribution, diet, reproduction, genetics, disease, and monitoring strategies. The goal of this short paper is to summarize these studies and their results, and to provide a bibliography of desert tortoise research in the park to date.