Book Review - North American Box Turtles: A Natural History

Authors

Neil P. Bernstein, Mount Mercy CollegeFollow

Document Type

General Interest Article

Abstract

While I have only studied box turtles for four years, from the beginning, I was quickly impressed at the many studies and observations that had been published on North American box turtles. At the same time, I was also frustrated by the lack of syntheses of the material. For the beginning researcher or interested layperson, organizing the studies into a cohesive whole was daunting, and I attempted my own loose compilation that took me most of a summer. However, there is now a new book that provides the background and overview that I sought. C. Kenneth Dodd, a longtime researcher on box turtles in Florida, has produced an admirable and useful book that not only summarizes over 100 years of published reports, but also does so in a readable work.

Publication Date

March-June 2002

Journal Title

Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

109

Issue

1-2

First Page

41

Last Page

41

Copyright

© Copyright 2002 by the Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

EN

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Bernstein, Neil P. (2002) "Book Review - North American Box Turtles: A Natural History," Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS, 109(1-2), 41-41.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/jias/vol109/iss1/9