The Texas tortoise : a natural history /

Rose, Francis L.

The Texas tortoise : a natural history / Francis L. Rose and Frank W. Judd. - xviii, 188 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm. - Animal natural history series ; Volume 13 . - Animal natural history series ; v. 13. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-180) and index.

General description and phylogenetic relationships -- Geographic range and habitat -- Animal associates and relationships -- Morphology and anatomy -- Size, growth, and sexual dimorphism -- Sensory modalities -- Temperature regulation, water use and retention, and photoperiod response -- Behavior -- Population ecology -- Environmental resistance to tortoise survival -- Conservation, monitoring, and maintenance -- The future : species significance and bearing on ecological problems.

9780806144511 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0806144513 (hardcover : alk. paper)

2013044689


Texas tortoise.

QL666.C584 / R675 2014

597.92/46