Biology of Turtles From Structures to Strategies of Life 1st Edition by Jeanette Wyneken, Matthew Godfrey, Vincent Bels ISBN 1040167837 9781040167830

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ISBN 10: 1040167837

ISBN 13: 9781040167830

Author:  Jeanette Wyneken, Matthew H. Godfrey, Vincent Bels 

Biology of Turtles: From Structures to Strategies of Life 1st Edition: 

Featuring 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 evolution. It provides a robust discussion of the development and diversity of the shell. The book also explores the turtle body plan, its physiological and ecological consequences, evolutionary novelties, and their importance. The 200 illustrations found throughout the text enhance the chapters combine with color illustrations of the development of the shell, aspects of bone structural diversity, growth, and skeletochronology, to make this book an unparalleled resource. The volume concludes with a thoughtful discussion of the more than century long debate on the origins of turtles and the reasons why our understanding of the phylogenic origins and evolution of turtles remains tentative.

Currently available books on this subject are woefully out of date and no overall review of Testudinata has been undertaken…until now. Each chapter represents a milestone in synthesizing a wide range of available information on specific subjects. The book’s challenge: look both inside and outside the shell to build a clearer understanding of the diversity and evolution of turtles.

 

Biology of Turtles: From Structures to Strategies of Life 1st Edition Table of contents:

1. How the turtle gets its shell
2. Comparative ontogenetic and phylogenetic aspects of chelonian chondro-osseous growth and skeletochronology
3. Evolution and structure of the turtle shell
4. Long bone allometry in tortoises and turtles
5. Evolution of locomotion in aquatic turtles
6. Hindlimb function in turtle locomotion: limb movements and muscular activation across taxa, environment, and ontogeny
7. Cervical anatomy and function in turtles
8. Functional evolution of feeding behavior in turtles
9. The cardiopulmonary systems of turtles: implications to behavior and function
10. Reproductive structures and strategies of turtles
11. Mixed and uniform brood sex ratio strategy in turtles: the facts, the theory, and their consequences
12. The physiology and anatomy of anoxia tolerance in the freshwater turtle brain
13. The relationships of turtles within amniotes

 

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