Testudinates of China

Language:Chinese
Author:Wang Peichao
Publication date:2000    Size:218x300mm
Number of Pages:134 pages
Binding:Hardcover

     On the testudinates of China which have already researched by author over forty years. It is written up now this manual from some results of researches. The manual is a comprehensive work.

There are the living testudinates of China for 36 species which take only about 11% of living those species in the world, but there is the positive role in some ecological systems and the field of biology.

The contents of this book are divided into 12 Chapters, which maybe epitomized as follows:

1.Morphology and its function as Chapter1.
2.Systematics, characters and geographic distributions of species for the living testudinates in China, as Chapter 2.
3.Reproduction and sex-determination in turtles, as Chapter 3~4.
4.Ecological energetics and physiology, as Chapter 5~8.
5.Migratory behavior of sea turtles, as Chapter 9.
6.Utlization of resources, protection,
alcclimation and culture of
species, as Chapter 10~12.

In addition, there are 71 black-and -white drawing and 32 color photos

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