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Turtles
Gibbons, Whit; Greene, Judy
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Description for Turtles
Paperback. Readers who want answers to specific questions or just want to expand their knowledge about these unique and interesting animals will find the information they seek in this essential reference. Series: The Animal Answer Guides: Q&A for the Curious Naturalist. Num Pages: 184 pages, 100, 64 black & white halftones, 35 colour illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: WNCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 177 x 11. Weight in Grams: 434.
Ever wonder how many kinds of turtles there are? Or if they have teeth? Why so many turtles have yellow stripes on their neck? If it is wise to feed turtles in your neighborhood pond or lake? Whit Gibbons and Judy Greene, two internationally known turtle biologists, provide complete answers to the most frequently asked questions about the more than 300 turtle, tortoise, and terrapin species of the world. From the palm-sized bog turtles of the United States to the great oceanic leatherbacks, turtles across the globe are admired for their persistence, patience, and resilience. They are favorites of ... Read more
Ever wonder how many kinds of turtles there are? Or if they have teeth? Why so many turtles have yellow stripes on their neck? If it is wise to feed turtles in your neighborhood pond or lake? Whit Gibbons and Judy Greene, two internationally known turtle biologists, provide complete answers to the most frequently asked questions about the more than 300 turtle, tortoise, and terrapin species of the world. From the palm-sized bog turtles of the United States to the great oceanic leatherbacks, turtles across the globe are admired for their persistence, patience, and resilience. They are favorites of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Series
The Animal Answer Guides: Q&A for the Curious Naturalist
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801893506
SKU
V9780801893506
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50
About Gibbons, Whit; Greene, Judy
Whit Gibbons is a professor emeritus of ecology at the University of Georgia. He writes the weekly environmental column Ecoviews and is the author or editor of eleven books, including Snakes of the Southeast. Judy Greene is the herpetology research coordinator at the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory and has coauthored, with Dr. Gibbons, a number of scholarly articles ... Read more
Reviews for Turtles
A good general introduction to turtle biology and ecology.
Ian Paulsen Birdbooker Report 2009 The wide ranging questions are answered in a very readable style, with specific scientific explanations where necessary.
Christine Tilley British Chelonia Group Newsletter 2010 Gibbons and Greene have done a masterful job of assembling questions of great interest to many readers and providing detailed, ... Read more
Ian Paulsen Birdbooker Report 2009 The wide ranging questions are answered in a very readable style, with specific scientific explanations where necessary.
Christine Tilley British Chelonia Group Newsletter 2010 Gibbons and Greene have done a masterful job of assembling questions of great interest to many readers and providing detailed, ... Read more