TY  - BOOK
AU  - De Roy,Tui
TI  - Galapagos: preserving Darwin's legacy 
SN  - 9781472928597
U1  - 508.8665 23
PY  - 2016///
CY  - London : 
PB  - Bloomsbury
KW  - Historia natural
KW  - Natural history
KW  - Evolución
KW  - Evolution
KW  - Conservación
KW  - Conservation
KW  - Biodiversidad
KW  - Biodiversity
KW  - Ciencias básicas
KW  - Pure science
KW  - Islas Galápagos
KW  - Galapagos Islands
N1  - Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice.

; Prologue: a world flagship of inspiration; Tui De Roy; (pp. 12-15) --; Foreword: Galápagos research, a family tradition; Sarah Darwin; (pp. 16-19) --; The Galápagos Plan; Eliecer Cruz; (pp. 20-23) --; Science for the Galápagos; Arturo Izurieta; (pp. 24-27) --; Islands on the move: significance of hotspot volcanoes; Dennis Geist; (pp. 28-35) --; Living water: investigating an elusive element; Noémi d'Ozouville; (pp. 36-40) --; Paleoclimate and the future: a knife-edge balance; Julian P. Sachs; (pp. 41-45) --; Vertebrate diversity: the long view; David W. Steadman; (pp. 46-52) --; Lichen discoveries: bright, bold color specks, tiny and overlooked; Frank Bungartz; (pp. 53-59) --; Insular flora: more than ’wretched-looking little weeds’; Conley K. McMullen; (pp. 60-66) --; Sunflower trees and giant cacti: vegetation changes over time; Ole Hamann; (pp. 67-73) --; On the snails’ trail: evolution and speciation among a vanishing tribe; Christine Parent and Guy Coppois; (pp. 74-81) --; Inshore fishes: the case of the missing damsel; Jack S. Grove; (pp. 82-89) --; Shark migrations: discovering the golden triangle; Alex Hearn; (pp. 90-97) --; Giant tortoises: mapping their genetic past and future; Adalgisa Caccone and Jeffrey Powell; (pp. 98-105) --; Marine iguanas: life on the edge; L. Michael Romero and Martin Wikelski; (pp. 106-113) --; Land iguanas: emergence of a new species; Gabriele Gentile; (pp. 114-121) --; Darwin’s finches: studying evolution in action; B. Rosemary Grant and Peter R. Grant; (pp. 122-129) --; A most unusual hawk: one mother and several fathers; Patricia Parker; (pp. 130-137) --; Nazca booby behavior: some evolutionary surprises; Dave Anderson; (pp. 138-145) --; The waved albatross: the family affairs of a critically endangered species; Kathryn P. Huyvaert; (pp. 146-153) --; Penguins on the equator: hanging on by a thread; Hernán Vargas; (pp. 154-161) --; The flightless cormorant: the evolution of female rule; Carlos A. Valle; (pp. 162-169) --; Sea lions and fur seals: cold water species on the equator; Fritz Trillmich; (pp. 170-176) --; Parasites and pathogens: threats to native birds; Patricia Parker; (pp. 177-183) --; Success in biological control: the scale and the ladybird; Charlotte Causton; (pp. 184-190) --; Saving ’lost’ plants: finding and nurturing the survivors; Alan Tye; (pp. 191-197) --; Reign of the giant tortoises: repopulating ancestral islands; Linda J. Cayot and Washington Tapia; (pp. 198-205) --; Project Isabela: ecosystem restoration through mega-eradication; Karl Campbell; (pp. 206-212) --; Reports from the front: personal accounts from National Park field staff; Wilson Cabrera and Omar Garcia; (pp. 213-219) --; A perspective on people and the future: the search for harmony; Graham Watkins; (pp. 220-226) --; Reflections: ’Noe reall islands...,’ but paradise; Godfrey Merlen; (pp. 227-233)
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