Tortoises of the world : dwarfs to giants / George R. Zug, and Devin A. Reese
Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Publisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2024Description: 1 Online-Ressource (257 pages)ISBN:- 142144836X
- 9781421448367
- 597.92/4 23/eng/20240418
- 597.92/4 23/eng/20230613
- QL666.C584
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Summary: "This work provides a comprehensive review of the natural history of the 58 species living tortoises, the majority of which are threatened by extinction"-- Provided by publisherPPN: PPN: 1907957111Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-4-NLEBK | BSZ-4-NLEBK-KAUB
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 How the Tortoise Beat the Hare -- Chapter 2 Life in a Shell: Tortoise Body Plan -- Chapter 3 Physiology and Behavior: Tortoise Resilience -- Chapter 4 Courtship to Nesting: Tortoise Reproduction -- Chapter 5 Hatchlings to Adults: Tortoise Life Cycle -- Chapter 6 Deserts to Rainforests: Tortoise Ecology -- Chapter 7 Today's Species: Tortoise Diversity -- Chapter 8 Ancestry and Evolution: Tortoise Origins -- Chapter 9 Human Interactions I: Tortoise Decimation
Chapter 10 Human Interactions II: Tortoise Conservation -- Acknowledgments -- Further Readings -- Appendix Turtle Families and Tortoise Species -- Standard and Scientific Name Index -- A -- B -- C -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z
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