McArthur, E. Durant; Sanderson, Stewart C; Webb, Bruce L. 1994. Nutritive quality and 

 mineral content of potential desert tortoise food plants. Res. Pap. INT-473. Ogden, UT: 

 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station. 26 p. 



Minerals and nutrients for desert tortoise food plants from the northeastern Mojave 

 Desert are generally in the normal range for semiarid environments, except that sodium 

 values are low for plants and soil. Annual forbs are often higher in nutritive quality than 

 other plant classes. 



KEYWORDS: Gopherus agassizii, animal nutrition, mineral nutrition, nutrient content, 

 grasses, forbs, shrubs 



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