Galapagos : preserving Darwin's legacy /
Galápagos : preservando el legado de Darwin
Tui De Roy, editor and principal photographer ; with contributions by experts and major researchers highlighting new knowledge, recent discoveries and breakthroughs in applied conservation science.
- Auckland, New Zealand : David Bateman Ltd., 2009.
- 240 p. : il. col. ; 30 cm.
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Prologue : a world flagship of inspiration / Foreword : Galápagos research, a family tradition / The Galápagos National Park : half a century dedicated to conservation / The Charles Darwin Foundation : history of a science and conservation vision / Islands on the move : significance of hotspot volcanoes / Living water : investigating an elusive element / Paleoclimate and the future : a knife-edge balance / Vertebrate diversity : the long view / Lichen discoveries : bright, bold color specks, tiny and overlooked / Insular flora : more than ’wretched-looking little weeds’ / Sunflower trees and giant cacti : vegetation changes over time / On the snails’ trail : evolution and speciation among a vanishing tribe / Inshore fishes : the case of the missing damsel / Shark migrations : discovering the golden triangle / Giant tortoises : mapping their genetic past and future / Marine iguanas : life on the edge / Land iguanas : emergence of a new species / Darwin’s finches : studying evolution in action / A most unusual hawk : one mother and several fathers / Nazca booby behavior : some evolutionary surprises / The waved albatross : the family affairs of a critically endangered species / Penguins on the equator : hanging on by a thread / The flightless cormorant : the evolution of female rule / Sea lions and fur seals : cold water species on the equator / Parasites and pathogens : threats to native birds / Success in biological control : the scale and the ladybird / Saving ’lost’ plants : finding and nurturing the survivors / Reign of the giant tortoises : repopulating ancestral islands / Project Isabela : ecosystem restoration through mega-eradication / Reports from the front : personal accounts from National Park field staff / A perspective on people and the future : the search for harmony / Reflections : ’Noe reall islands...,’ but paradise / Tui De Roy Sarah Darwin Edgar Muñoz Peter Kramer Dennis Geist Noémi d'Ozouville Julian P. Sachs David W. Steadman Frank Bungartz Conley K. McMullen Ole Hamann Christine Parent and Guy Coppois Jack S. Grove Alex Hearn Adalgisa Caccone and Jeffrey Powell L. Michael Romero and Martin Wikelski Gabriele Gentile B. Rosemary Grant and Peter R. Grant Patricia Parker Dave Anderson Kathryn P. Huyvaert Hernán Vargas Carlos A. Valle Fritz Trillmich Patricia Parker Charlotte Causton Alan Tye Linda J. Cayot and Washington Tapia Karl Campbell Wilson Cabrera and Omar Garcia Graham Watkins Godfrey Merlen (pp. 12-15) -- (pp. 16-19) -- (pp. 20-23) -- (pp. 24-27) -- (pp. 28-35) -- (pp. 36-40) -- (pp. 41-45) -- (pp. 46-52) -- (pp. 53-59) -- (pp. 60-66) -- (pp. 67-73) -- (pp. 74-81) -- (pp. 82-89) -- (pp. 90-97) -- (pp. 98-105) -- (pp. 106-113) -- (pp. 114-121) -- (pp. 122-129) -- (pp. 130-137) -- (pp. 138-145) -- (pp. 146-153) -- (pp. 154-161) -- (pp. 162-169) -- (pp. 170-176) -- (pp. 177-183) -- (pp. 184-190) -- (pp. 191-197) -- (pp. 198-205) -- (pp. 206-212) -- (pp. 213-219) -- (pp. 220-226) -- (pp. 227-233).
Inglés
9781869537098
Historia natural Natural history Conservación Conservation Ciencias básicas Pure science