On the backs of tortoises : Darwin, the Galápagos, and the fate of an evolutionary Eden /

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The Galápagos archipelago is often viewed as a last foothold of pristine nature. For sixty years, conservationists have worked to restore this evolutionary Eden after centuries of exploitation at the hands of pirates, whalers, and island settlers. This book tells the story of the islands' name...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hennessy, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Ann) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Galapagos tortoise.
Galapagos tortoise > Conservation.
Rare reptiles > Galapagos Islands.
Extinct reptiles > Galapagos Islands.
Nature > Effect of human beings on > Galapagos Islands.
Restoration ecology > Galapagos Islands.
Reptiles rares > Galápagos.
Reptiles disparus > Galápagos.
Homme > Influence sur la nature > Galápagos.
Réhabilitation (Écologie) > Galápagos.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Ichthyology & Herpetology.
Ecology.
Extinct reptiles.
Nature > Effect of human beings on.
Rare reptiles.
Restoration ecology.
Galapagos Islands > Environmental conditions.
Galápagos > Conditions environnementales.
Galapagos Islands.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • What we stand on
  • In Darwin's footsteps
  • What's in a name?
  • The many worlds at world's end
  • Making a natural laboratory
  • Restoring evolution
  • Laboratory life
  • All the way down

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