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preserving Darwin's legacy

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In this spectacular celebration of one the world's most important domains, insightful essays and fascinating stories by 30 of the world's leading Galapagos researchers describe the challenges and successes of conservation efforts, past and present.

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Firefly Books
Language
English
Pages
240

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Table of Contents

Prologue : a world flagship of inspiration / Tui De Roy
Foreword : Galápagos research, a family tradition / Sarah Darwin
The Galápagos National Park : half a century dedicated to conservation / Edgar Muñoz
The Charles Darwin Foundation : history of a science and conservation vision / Peter Kramer
Islands on the move : significance of hotspot volcanoes / Dennis Geist
Living water : investigating an elusive element / Noémi d'Ozouville
Paleoclimate and the future : a knife-edge balance / Julian P. Sachs
Vertebrate diversity : the long view / David W. Steadman
Lichen discoveries : bright, bold color specks, tiny and overlooked / Frank Bungartz
Insular flora : more than 'wretched-looking little weeds' / Conley K. McMullen
Sunflower trees and giant cacti : vegetation changes over time / Ole Hamann
On the snails' trail : evolution and speciation among a vanishing tribe / Christine Parent and Guy Coppois
Inshore fishes : the case of the missing damsel / Jack S. Grove
Shark migrations : discovering the golden triangle / Alex Hearn
Giant tortoises : mapping their genetic past and future / Adalgisa Caccone and Jeffrey Powell
Marine iguanas : life on the edge / L. Michael Romero and Martin Wikelski
Land iguanas : emergence of a new species / Gabriele Gentile
Darwin's finches : studying evolution in action / B. Rosemary Grant and Peter R. Grant
A most unusual hawk : one mother and several fathers / Patricia Parker
Nazca booby behavior : some evolutionary surprises / Dave Anderson
The waved albatross : the family affairs of a critically endangered species / Kathryn P. Huyvaert
Penguins on the equator : hanging on by a thread / Hernan Vargas
The flightless cormorant : the evolution of female rule / Carlos A. Valle
Sea lions and fur seals : cold water species on the equator / Fritz Trillmich
Parasites and pathogens : threats to native birds / Patricia Parker
Success in biological control : the scale and the ladybird / Charlotte Causton
Saving 'lost' plants : finding and nurturing the survivors / Alan Tye
Reign of the giant tortoises : repopulating ancestral islands / Linda J. Cayot and Washington Tapia
Project Isabela : ecosystem restoration through mega-eradication / Karl Campbell
Reports from the front : personal accounts from National Park field staff / Wilson Cabrera and Omar Garcia
A perspective on people and the future : the search for harmony / Graham Watkins
Reflections : 'Noe reall islands...,' but paradise / Godfrey Merlen.

Edition Notes

First published: Auckland, New Zealand : D. Bateman, 2009.

"This book is recognized by the Galápagos National Park and the Charles Darwin Foundation as an official publication celebrating their joint 50th anniversary year"--P. preceding t.p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 238) and index.

Published in
Richmond Hill, Ont, Buffalo, N.Y

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
508.866/5
Library of Congress
QH198.G3 G35 2009, , GE

The Physical Object

Pagination
240 p. :
Number of pages
240

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24845630M
Internet Archive
galapagospreserv0000unse
ISBN 10
1554074843
ISBN 13
9781554074846
LCCN
2011411275
OCLC/WorldCat
302061057

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