Reproductive Ecology of the Australian Freshwater Turtles
Author: Julia McCosker
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Published: 2003
Total Pages: 179
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Author: Julia McCosker
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Published: 2003
Total Pages: 179
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Don Moll
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2004-04-08
Total Pages: 408
ISBN-13: 0195102290
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe underlying theme of this book is that a widespread, taxonomically diverse group of animals, important both from ecological and human resource perspectives, remains poorly understood and in delcine, while receiving scant attention from the ecological and conservation community. This volume proposes a comprehensive overview of the world's river turtles' ecology, conservation, and management. It begins with a categorization of taxa which inhabit flowing water habitats followed by information on their evolutionary and physical diversity and biogeography. Within the framework of ecology, the authors discuss the composition of river turtle communities in different types of lotic habitats and regions, population dynamics, movements, reproductive characteristics and behavior, predators, and feeding relationships. In a conservation and management section, the authors identify and evaluate the nature and intensity of factors which threaten river turtle survival--almost all of which involve direct human exploitation or indirect effects of human induced habitat alteration and degradation. They then list and evaluate the various schemes which have been proposed or employed to halt declines and restore populations, and make recommendations for future management plans for specific species and regions. In closing, they state their viewpoint concerning future research directions and priorities, and an evaluation of future prospects for survival of the world's river turtle species.
Author: Gerald Kuchling
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 229
ISBN-13: 3642804144
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book presents a comparative view of chelonian reproduction and discusses ecophysiological implications for their captive breeding. Chelonians, with their protective rigid armour, are a phylogenetically antique group of reptiles which radiated to occupy niches from the open waters of the oceans, to rivers, creeks, swamps, forests, savannahs, and deserts. A few North American turtle species have been well studied, but until recently reproductive data on other chelonian species have been scarce. The way in which chelonians adjust their conservative mode of reproduction to the various requirements of their habitats and life styles is the theme of this book; the physiology of reproduction and its interplay with ecological conditions are its central subjects.
Author: John Cann
Publisher: Beaumont Pub.
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 298
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Published: 1985
Total Pages: 560
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jeanette M. McGuire
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Published: 2011
Total Pages: 177
ISBN-13: 9781267064059
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Adam Elliott
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Published: 2012
Total Pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9780987244741
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Author: Jeanette Wyneken
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2007-12-26
Total Pages: 406
ISBN-13: 1420004972
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFeaturing in-depth contributions from an international team of experts, the Biology of Turtles provides the first comprehensive review of the Testudinata. The book starts with the premise that the structure of turtles is particularly interesting and best understood within the context of their development, novelty, functional diversity, and e
Author: IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group
Publisher: IUCN
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 210
ISBN-13: 2880329868
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Don Moll
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2004-04-08
Total Pages: 408
ISBN-13: 0198026250
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe underlying theme of this book is that a widespread, taxonomically diverse group of animals, important both from ecological and human resource perspectives, remains poorly understood and in delcine, while receiving scant attention from the ecological and conservation community. This volume proposes a comprehensive overview of the world's river turtles' ecology, conservation, and management. It begins with a categorization of taxa which inhabit flowing water habitats followed by information on their evolutionary and physical diversity and biogeography. Within the framework of ecology, the authors discuss the composition of river turtle communities in different types of lotic habitats and regions, population dynamics, movements, reproductive characteristics and behavior, predators, and feeding relationships. In a conservation and management section, the authors identify and evaluate the nature and intensity of factors which threaten river turtle survival--almost all of which involve direct human exploitation or indirect effects of human induced habitat alteration and degradation. They then list and evaluate the various schemes which have been proposed or employed to halt declines and restore populations, and make recommendations for future management plans for specific species and regions. In closing, they state their viewpoint concerning future research directions and priorities, and an evaluation of future prospects for survival of the world's river turtle species.