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Galapagos giant tortoises /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Academic Press,
2021.
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| Colección: | Biodiversity of the world.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Section I: Overview: The Galapagos : island home of giant tortoises / Jack Frazier
- Galapagos tortoises : protagonists in the spectacle of life on Earth / Jack Frazier.
- Section II: History of human-tortoise interactions: Human perceptions of Galapagos tortoises through history / Henry Nicholls
- The era of exploitation : 1535-1959 / Cyler Conrad and James P. Gibbs
- Darwin and the Galapagos giant tortoises / Frank J. Sulloway
- The collectors : beginnings of scientific inquiry and the lasting impacts of living and museum collections / Rayna C. Bell and Lauren A. Scheinberg.
- Section III: Natural history: Evolution and phylogenetics / Adalgisa Caccone
- Morphology / Ylenia Chiari
- Reproduction / Erika Kubisch and Nora R. Ibarguengoytia
- Thermoregulation / Nigel J. Blake, Adam F. Parlin, Stephen Blake et al.
- Diet, behavior, and activity patterns / Stephen Blake, Patricia Isabela Tapia, Diego Ellis-Soto et al.
- Population biology / James P. Gibbs and Harrison Goldspeil
- Movement ecology / Stephen Blake, Charles B. Yackulic, Guillaume Bastille-Rousseau et al.
- Habitats / Elizabeth A. Hunter and James P. Gibbs
- Role in ecoystems / Elizabeth A. Hunter, Stephen Blake, James P. Gibbs et al.
- Galapagos tortoises in a changing climate / Noah D. Charney.
- Section IV: Conservation : slow rescue from near destruction: The history of Galapagos tortoise conservation / Linda J. Cayot
- Tortoise health / Joseph P. Flanagan
- Invasive species : impats, control, and eradication / Linda J. Cayot, Karl Campbell and Victor Carrion
- Tortoise populations after 60 years of conservation / Washington Tapia A. Christian Sevilla, James P. Gibbs et al.
- Section V: Restoration case studies: Espanola Island : from near extinction to recovery / Linda J. Cayot
- Pinzon Island : a century of zero tortoise hatchlings to a growing population / Linda J. Cayot
- Floreana and Pinta Islands : restoring tortoise populations through lost lineage recovery / Linda J. Cayot and Elizabeth A. Hunter
- Santa Fe Island return of tortoises via a replacement species / Washington Tapia A., Harrison Goldspiel, James P. Gibbs et al.
- Section VI: Into the future: Beyond rescue to full recovery / James P. Gibbs, Linda J. Cayot and Washington Tapia A.