Galapagos giant tortoises / edited by James P. Gibbs, Linda J. Cayot and Washington Tapia Aguilera.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gibbs, James P.

Cayot, Linda J.

Aguilera, Washington Tapia.

Series:

Biodiversity of the world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Galapagos tortoise--Conservation.

Galapagos tortoise.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

London : Academic Press, 2021.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes index.

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ISBN:

9780128175552

0128175559

OCLC:

1204311167

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