BULLETIN FLORIDA MUSEUM NATURAL HISTORY VOL. 38 PT. 1(4)


Table 7. Clutch size' of gopher tortoises on the Ordway Preserve, Putnam County, Florida.


 Habitat N Mean Range SD


 1989 3 6.67 (6-7) 0.47
 1990 17 5.18 (1-7) 1.34
 1991 31 6.00 (2-10) 1.65


 1989-1991 51 5.76 (1-10) 1.57


SMean clutch size in 1990 was significantly different from 1991 (t = -1.684, d.f.= 39, 0.025 <p < 0.05).


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 220 230 240 250 260 270 280 290 300 310 320 330

 CARAPACE LENGTH (mm)




Figure 13. Relationship between clutch size and estimated carapace length at 26 gopher tortoise burrows on
the Katharine Ordway Preserve, Putnam Co., Florida. The regression equation is: Clutch size = 11.142 -
0.0214 (Estimated carapace length).


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