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
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