The Sonoran Desert tortoise : natural history, biology, and conservation
- Title
- The Sonoran Desert tortoise : natural history, biology, and conservation / edited by Thomas R. Van Devender.
- Published by
- Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2002.
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- Description
- x, 388 pages : illustrations, map; 25 cm
- Subject
- Contents
- 1. Natural History of the Sonoran Tortoise in Arizona: Life in a Rock Pile / Thomas R. van Devender -- 2. Cenozoic Environments and the Evolution of the Gopher Tortoises (Genus Gopherus) / Thomas R. Van Devender -- 3. Fossil History and Evolution of the Gopher Tortoises (Genus Gopherus) / Robert D. McCord -- 4. Genetic Differences among Geographic Races of the Desert Tortoise / Trip Lamb and Ann M. McLuckie -- 5. The Desert Tortoise in Mexico: Distribution, Ecology and Conservation / R. Bruce Bury, David J. Germano and Thomas R. Van Devender / [et al.] -- 6. Population Ecology of the Sonoran Desert Tortoise in Arizona / Roy C. Averill-Murray, A. Peter Woodman and Jeffrey M. Howland -- 7. Activity and Behavior of the Sonoran Desert Tortoise in Arizona / Roy C. Averill-Murray, Brent E. Martin and Scott Jay Bailey / [et al.] --
- 8. Grasses, Mallows, Desert Vine, and More: Diet of the Desert Tortoise in Arizona and Sonora / Thomas R. Van Devender, Roy C. Averill-Murray and Todd C. Esque / [et al.] -- 9. Nutritional Ecology of the Desert Tortoise in the Mohave and Sonoran Deserts / Olav T. Oftedal -- 10. Are Free-ranging Sonoran Desert Tortoises Healthy? / Vanessa M. Dickinson, James L. Jarchow and Mark H. Trueblood / [et al.] -- 11. Growth of Desert Tortoises: Implications for Conservation and Management / David J. Germano, F. Harvey Pough and David J. Morafka / [et al.] -- 12. Care and Diet of Captive Sonoran Desert Tortoises / James L. Jarchow, Howard E. Lawler and Thomas R. van Devender / [et al.] -- 13. Fire Ecology of the Sonoran Desert Tortoise / Todd C. Esque, Alberto Burquez M. and Cecil R. Schwalbe / [et al.] -- 14. Conservation and Protection of the Desert Tortoise in Arizona / Jeffrey M. Howland and James C. Rorabaugh --
- 15. When Desert Tortoises Talk, Indians Listen: Traditional Ecological Knowledge of a Sonoran Desert Reptile / Gary Paul Nabhan.
- Owning institution
- Columbia University Libraries
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.