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| TITLE: |
Biology of turtles / edited by Jeanette Wyneken, Matthew H. Godfrey, Vincent Bels. |
| PUBLISHED: |
Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2008. |
| DESCRIPTION: |
xiii, 389 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm. |
| NOTES: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| NOTES: |
How the turtle gets its shell / Scott F. Gilbert, Judith A. Cebra-Thomas, and Ann C. Burke -- Comparative ontogenetic and phylogenetic aspects of Chelonian chondro-osseous growth and skeletochronology / Melissa L. Snover and Anders G.J. Rhodin -- Evolution and structure of the turtle shell / Peter C.H. Pritchard -- Long bone allometry in tortoises and turtles / Gustavo A. Llorente ... [et al.] -- Evolution of locomotion in aquatic turtles / Sabine Renous ... [et al.] -- Hindlimb function in turtle locomotion : limb movements and muscular activation across taxa, environment, and ontogeny / Richard W. Blob, Angela R.V. Rivera, and Mark W. Westneat -- Cervical anatomy and function in turtles / Anthony Herrel, Johan Van Damme, and Peter Aerts -- Functional evolution of feeding behavior in turtles / Vincent Bels ... [et al.] -- The structure of cardiopulmonary systems of turtles : implications for behavior / Jeanette Wyneken -- Reproductive structures and strategies of turtles / Jeffrey D. Miller and Stephen A. Dinkelacker -- Mixed and uniform brood sex ratio strategy in turtles : the facts, the theory, and their consequences / Vincent Hulin ... [et al.] -- The physiology and anatomy of anoxia tolerance in the freshwater turtle brain / Sarah L. Milton -- The relationships of turtles with amniotes / Olivier Rieppel. |
| SUBJECT: |
Turtles. |
| ADDED ENTRY: |
Wyneken, Jeanette, 1956- |
| ADDED ENTRY: |
Bels, V. L. (Vincent L.) |
| ADDED ENTRY: |
Godfrey, Matthew H. |
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