Cover
Title page
Copyright
Contents
Preface
1. Natural History of the Sonoran Tortoise in Arizona: Life in a Rock Pile / Thomas R. van Devender
2. Cenozoic Environments and the Evolution of the Gopher Tortoises (Genus Gopherus) / Thomas R. van Devender
3. Fossil History and Evolution of the Gopher Tortoises (Genus Gopherus) / Robert D. McCord
4. Genetic Differenceds among Geographic Races of the Desert Tortoise / Trip Lamb and Ann M. McLuckie
5. The Desert Tortoise in Mexico: Distribution, Ecology, and Conservation / R. Bruce Bury et al.
6. Population Ecology of the Sonoran Desert Tortoise in Arizona / Roy C. Averill-Murray et al.
7. Activity and Behavior of the Sonoran Desert Tortoise in Arizona / Roy C. Averill-Murray et al.
8. Grasses, Mallows, Desert Vine, and More: Diet of the Desert Tortoise in Arizona and Sonora / Thomas R. van Devender et al.
9. Nutritional Ecology of the Desert Tortoise in the Mohave and Sonoran Deserts / Olav T. Oftedal
10. Are Free-ranging Sonoran Desert Tortoises Healthy? / Vanessa M. Dickinson et al.
11. Growth of Desert Tortoises: Implications for Conservation and Management / David J. Germano et al.
12. Care and Diet of Captive Sonoran Desert Tortoises / James L. Jarchow et al.
13. Fire Ecology of the Sonoran Desert Tortoise / Todd C. Esque et al.
14. Conservation and Protection of the Desert Tortoise in Arizona / Jeffrey M. Howland and James C. Rorabaugh
15. When Desert Tortoises Talk, Indians Listen: Traditional Ecological Knowledge of a Sonoran Desert Reptile / Gary Paul Nabhan
List of Contributors
Index
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