TY  - BOOK
AU  - De Roy,Tui
TI  - Galapagos: preserving Darwin's legacy 
SN  - 9781869537098
U1  - 508.8665 23
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Auckland, New Zealand : 
PB  - David Bateman Ltd.
KW  - Historia natural
KW  - Natural history
KW  - Conservación
KW  - Conservation
KW  - Ciencias básicas
KW  - Pure science
KW  - Islas Galápagos
KW  - Galapagos Islands
N1  - Incluye referencias 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 National Park : half a century dedicated to conservation; Edgar Muñoz; (pp. 20-23) --; The Charles Darwin Foundation : history of a science and conservation vision; Peter Kramer; (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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