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 e

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Front cover
Contents
Preface
About the Editors
Contributors
Chapter 1. How the Turtle Gets Its Shell
Chapter 2. Comparative Ontogenetic and Phylogenetic Aspects of Chelonian Chondro- Osseous Growth and Skeletochronology
Chapter 3. Evolution and Structure of the Turtle Shell
Chapter 4. Long Bone Allometry in Tortoises and Turtles
Chapter 5. Evolution of Locomotion in Aquatic Turtles
Chapter 6. Hindlimb Function in Turtle Locomotion: Limb Movements and Muscular Activation across Taxa, Environment, and Ontogeny
Chapter 7. Cervical Anatomy and Function in Turtles
Chapter 8. Functional Evolution of Feeding Behavior in Turtles
Chapter 9. The Structure of Cardiopulmonary Systems of Turtles: Implications for Behavior and Function
Chapter 10. Reproductive Structures and Strategies of Turtles
Chapter 11. Mixed and Uniform Brood Sex Ratio Strategy in Turtles: The Facts, the Theory, and Their Consequences
Chapter 12. The Physiology and Anatomy of Anoxia Tolerance in the Freshwater Turtle Brain
Chapter 13. The Relationships of Turtles within Amniotes
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