Galapagos Giant Tortoises(Pevná vazba)

Galapagos Giant Tortoises brings together researchers and conservationists to share the most current knowledge of the Galapagos giant tortoise species. Despite being icons of the world-famous Galapagos Archipelago and the target of more than 50 years of conservation management, Galapagos giant tortoise evolution and ecology have been mysterious until recently. This book documents the pressing conservation issues and success stories of this species that was once marked for total extinction. This book begins with an overview of the history of the relationship between humans and Galapagos giant tortoises from initial heavy exploitation by pirates and whalers, and extending to the start of the modern conservation era in the 1960s. The book then shifts to detail the evolution, taxonomy, and distribution of the species, describing movement ecology, reproduction, and
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