Urban living influences the nesting success of Darwin’s finches in the Galápagos Islands
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.7360
Abstract: Abstract Urbanization is expanding worldwide with major consequences for organisms. Anthropogenic factors can reduce the fitness of animals but may have benefits, such as consistent human food availability. Understanding anthropogenic trade‐offs is critical in environments… read more here.
Keywords: gal pagos; success; nesting success; urban living ... See more keywords
7700-year persistence of an isolated, free-living coral assemblage in the Galápagos Islands: a model for coral refugia?
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DOI: 10.1007/s00338-020-01935-5
Abstract: In an eastern-Pacific coral assemblage at Devil’s Crown, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, two coral species, Psammocora stellata and Cycloseris ( Diaseris ) distorta , form dense populations of unattached colonies on sand and rubble substrata. In… read more here.
Keywords: coral assemblage; year persistence; gal pagos; pagos islands ... See more keywords
Molecular characterization of Eimeria sp. from Galápagos giant tortoises (Chelonoidis spp.)
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DOI: 10.1007/s00436-019-06507-3
Abstract: Galápagos giant tortoises are an essential component of their ecosystem and evaluation of parasites in their populations is essential for the management of conservation processes. Coccidiosis is the most common intestinal infection in free-living and… read more here.
Keywords: molecular characterization; gal pagos; characterization eimeria; eimeria gal ... See more keywords
Ancient mitogenomics elucidates diversity of extinct West Indian tortoises
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-82299-w
Abstract: We present 10 nearly complete mitochondrial genomes of the extinct tortoise Chelonoidis alburyorum from the Bahamas. While our samples represent morphologically distinct populations from six islands, their genetic divergences were shallow and resembled those among… read more here.
Keywords: great abaco; gal pagos; ancient mitogenomics; island ... See more keywords
Agriculture changes soil properties on the Galápagos Islands – two case studies
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DOI: 10.1071/sr18331
Abstract: The Galápagos Islands have faced a huge rise in the number of inhabitants and tourists over recent decades. As a consequence, natural forest vegetation has been converted to arable land to meet the increasing demand… read more here.
Keywords: gal pagos; soil; soil properties; arable plots ... See more keywords
Human-induced ecological cascades: Extinction, restoration, and rewilding in the Galápagos highlands
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2203752119
Abstract: Significance The Galápagos Islands are an iconic evolutionary and ecological setting, recognized to be both species-poor and ecologically sensitive. Here, we show an indirect ecological cascade initiated by whalers harvesting tortoises near the coast in… read more here.
Keywords: restoration; induced ecological; cascades extinction; ecological cascades ... See more keywords
Tribal allocation and biogeographical significance of one of the largest sigmodontine rodent, the extinct Galápagos Megaoryzomys (Cricetidae)
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DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2020.1752202
Abstract: ABSTRACT One of the largest members of Sigmodontinae, the extinct Megaoryzomys curioi from Santa Cruz Island in the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador), is traditionally treated as a representative of Thomasomyini. We contrasted this hypothesis based on… read more here.
Keywords: tribal allocation; allocation biogeographical; gal pagos; one largest ... See more keywords
Cicadellinae of Ecuador and Cicadellidae of Galápagos
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DOI: 10.1080/23766808.2020.1863758
Abstract: An annotated list of the Cicadellinae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae) of Ecuador is presented. The collection in the Museum of Zoology Invertebrates Section of the Pontifical Catholic Un... read more here.
Keywords: ecuador cicadellidae; gal pagos; cicadellidae gal; cicadellinae ecuador ... See more keywords
Life Cycle and Host Specificity of the Parasitoid Conura annulifera (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae), a Potential Biological Control Agent of Philornis downsi (Diptera: Muscidae) in the Galápagos Islands
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DOI: 10.1093/aesa/saw102
Abstract: Abstract The neotropical parasitoid Conura annulifera (Walker) (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) is known to parasitize bird-parasitic flies in the genus Philornis (Diptera: Muscidae) including P. downsi (Dodge and Aitken), a species that has invaded the Galápagos islands… read more here.
Keywords: host specificity; gal pagos; pagos islands; philornis ... See more keywords
Small size does not restrain frugivory and seed dispersal across the evolutionary radiation of Galápagos lava lizards
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DOI: 10.1093/cz/zoy066
Abstract: Abstract Frugivory in lizards is often assumed to be constrained by body size; only large individuals are considered capable of consuming fruits, with the potential of acting as seed dispersers. However, only one previous study… read more here.
Keywords: seed; gal pagos; size; lava lizards ... See more keywords
Protistan plankton communities in the Galápagos Archipelago respond to changes in deep water masses resulting from the 2015/16 El Niño.
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DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15863
Abstract: The Galápagos Archipelago lies within the Eastern Equatorial Pacific Ocean at the convergence of major ocean currents that are subject to changes in circulation. The nutrient-rich Equatorial Undercurrent upwells from the west onto the Galápagos… read more here.
Keywords: protistan plankton; pagos archipelago; water; gal pagos ... See more keywords