Freshwater Turtles & Tortoises of South Asia
Author : Jayaditya Purkayastha
Publisher :
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 47,71 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Turtles
ISBN : 9789381139837
Author : Jayaditya Purkayastha
Publisher :
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 47,71 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Turtles
ISBN : 9789381139837
Author : Martin Jenkins
Publisher : Traffic International
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 21,98 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Emydidae
ISBN :
In recent years the trade in tortoises and freshwater turtles of Southeast Asia has escalated and changed dramatically to meet international demand. This report documents the change, examining the status, distribution and exploitation of 41 species in seven Southeast Asian countries.
Author : Mark Auliya
Publisher :
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 32,89 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Testudinidae
ISBN : 9789833393107
Author : IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group
Publisher : IUCN
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 40,34 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Cheloniidae
ISBN : 2880329744
Author : Peter Paul van Dijk
Publisher :
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 49,1 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Turtles
ISBN : 9780965354028
Author : Indraneil Das
Publisher :
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 17,90 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Turtles
ISBN :
This book is a new addition to the literature on India's natural history and reviews the biology of the 31 species of turtles, tortoises and terrapins known in the Indian subcontinent.
Author : Chris R. Shepherd
Publisher : Zebra Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 23,39 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Endangered species
ISBN : 9789833393077
Author : Mark Auliya
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 30,26 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Testudinidae
ISBN :
Author : Turtle Conservation Fund
Publisher :
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 24,55 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Testudinidae
ISBN :
Author : Don Moll
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 49,79 MB
Release : 2004-04-08
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0195102290
The underlying theme of this book is that a widespread, taxonomically diverse group of animals, important both from ecological and human resource perspectives, remains poorly understood and in delcine, while receiving scant attention from the ecological and conservation community. This volume proposes a comprehensive overview of the world's river turtles' ecology, conservation, and management. It begins with a categorization of taxa which inhabit flowing water habitats followed by information on their evolutionary and physical diversity and biogeography. Within the framework of ecology, the authors discuss the composition of river turtle communities in different types of lotic habitats and regions, population dynamics, movements, reproductive characteristics and behavior, predators, and feeding relationships. In a conservation and management section, the authors identify and evaluate the nature and intensity of factors which threaten river turtle survival--almost all of which involve direct human exploitation or indirect effects of human induced habitat alteration and degradation. They then list and evaluate the various schemes which have been proposed or employed to halt declines and restore populations, and make recommendations for future management plans for specific species and regions. In closing, they state their viewpoint concerning future research directions and priorities, and an evaluation of future prospects for survival of the world's river turtle species.