Biology of Turtles

From Structures to Strategies of Life
Herausgeber: Wyneken, Jeanette; Bels, Vincent; Godfrey, Matthew H.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Featuring contributions from an international team of experts, this book provides a comprehensive investigation of the Testudinata and brings together a wide range of discussions on novel features of turtles including evolution, development, and functional diversity. There are 200 illustrations that enhance the depth of the chapters, including color plates on shell development, aspects of bone structural diversity, growth, and skeletochronology. Discussion topics include locomotion and feeding; the novel functions of the retractable neck; heart, lungs and brain morphology and function; shell diversity; and the enigmatic history of turtles.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 404
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Dezember 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 952g
• ISBN-13: 9780849333392
• ISBN-10: 0849333393
• Artikelnr.: 23143932

Autorenporträt

Jeanette Wyneken, Matthew H. Godfrey, Vincent Bels

Inhaltsangabe

How the Turtle Gets Its Shell.
Comparative Ontogenetic and Phylogenetic Aspects of Chelonian
Chondro-Osseous Growth and Skeletochronology. Evolution and Structure of
the Turtle Shell. Long Bone Allometry in Tortoises and Turtles. Evolution
of Locomotion in Aquatic Turtles.
Hindlimb Function in Turtle Locomotion: Limb Movements and Muscular
Activation Across Taxa, Environment, and Ontogeny. Cervical Anatomy and
Function in Turtles.
Functional Evolution of Feeding Behavior in Turtles.
The Cardiopulmonary Systems of Turtles: Implications to Behavior and
Function.
Reproductive Structures and Strategies of Turtles.
Mixed and Uniform Brood Sex Ratio Strategy in Turtles: The Facts, the
Theory, and their Consequences.
The Physiology and Anatomy of Anoxia Tolerance in the Freshwater Turtle
Brain.
The Relationships of Turtles within Amniotes.
Index.