Biology and Conservation of North American Tortoises by David C. Rostal HARDBACK

Johns Hopkins University Press

Biology and Conservation of North American Tortoises\nby David C. Rostal\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: David C. Rostal\nTitle: Biology and Conservation of North American Tortoises\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Biology, life sciences\nPublisher: Johns Hopkins University Press\nPublication year: 2014\nISBN-13: 9781421413778\nISBN-10: 1421413779\nRRP: \u00A360.00\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nThe most comprehensive book ever published on North America''s native tortoises.\nTortoises, those unmistakable turtles, evolved from a lineage that split off from the familiar pond turtles roughly 100 million years ago. Over time, these plant-eating land turtles spread around the world, growing to an enormous size (depending on the species) and living so long that they have becom.