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Coevolutionary ecology and conservation of Galápagos birds and ...


Coevolutionary ecology and conservation of Galápagos birds and ...

Although Darwin's finches are one of the most famous examples of adaptive radiation, we know little about the role of parasites in their ecology, behavior and ...

Galapagos: A natural laboratory to understand and co-evolve with ...

The Darwinian approach to natural evolutionary processes needs to be expanded to promote a conscious co-evolution of resilient socio-ecosystems.

Clayton & Bush Lab - Research

Coevolutionary ecology and conservation of. Galápagos birds and their parasites. Coevolutionary ecology and population genetics of. Bahamian birds and their ...

Disclosing the double mutualist role of birds on Galápagos - Nature

We sampled pollination and seed-dispersal interactions on Galápagos and constructed a plant-bird mutualism network of 108 plant (12% being ...

Galapagos Wildlife Evolution

In this remote and volcanic location, the few animals that first arrived in the Galapagos Islands had to adapt to survive and thrive on the Archipelago.

Threats and Vision for the Conservation of Galápagos Birds

Introduction: Threats that affect the avian diversity on the Galápagos Islands are increasing. ... Here, the status of the threatened species for the next ten ...

Galápagos Birds and Diseases: Invasive Pathogens as Threats for ...

First, authorities should protect and guard the ecological isolation of the islands via activities supplemental to the existing Galápagos ...

'A very special day': Birds linked to Darwin's theory of evolution ...

A flock of finches, the birds famously studied by Charles Darwin in his theory of evolution, have been reintroduced to an area of the Galapagos Islands.

Critical problems for bird conservation in the Galápagos Islands.

On the other hand, introduced plant pests affect Galápagos birds through habitat alteration, including crowding out bird food species or loss of nesting habitat ...

Flightless Birds of Galapagos

... species of flightless birds: The flightless cormorant and Galapagos penguin. ... Galapagos Marine Iguana © Galapagos Conservation Trust. © Simon Pierce ...

Darwin's Finches in the Galapagos | Aksik

The vulnerability of the island finches is stressed by human influences on their environment. The extinction of a species known to adapt may be a wake-up call ...

Did you know that birds change their genetic structure to adapt to ...

Genetic research is generating a great step forward in understanding the DNA of species. Jaime Chaves, a researcher at the Galapagos Science ...

Bird–flower visitation networks in the Galápagos unveil a ... - Nature

We term this niche expansion process 'interaction release' (as one aspect of the wider concept 'ecological release'), that is, island species ...

New development in the Galápagos nest-building market: Darwin's ...

A new study shows that the birds may be major players in a newly discovered form of seed dispersal via nests.

Darwin's Galápagos finches in modern biology - PMC

Their data suggest that hermit hummingbirds could provide a valuable model for studies of ecological causation as a mechanism for the evolution of sexual ...

Biodiversity | Galápagos Conservancy

About 80% of the land birds you will see, 97% of the reptiles and land mammals, and more than 30% of the plants are endemic. More than 20% of the marine species ...

Birds are islands for parasites | Biology Letters - Journals

We found that island populations of the Galápagos hawk (Buteo galapagoensis) and a parasitic feather louse species (Degeeriella regalis) exhibit ...

Disease Ecology: Galapagos Birds and their Parasites - SpringerLink

Since 2001, many of the authors of this book have been part of a four-institution partnership investigating the threats posed by pathogens to Galapagos avifauna ...

Understanding host-parasite co-evolution | GALAPAGOS Project

The finding that genetic sizes of populations, of hosts and geographic area of the islands were interrelated supported the notion that some ecological factors ...

Darwin's finches - Galapagos Conservation Trust

Once the original grassquits arrived in Galapagos, they diversified and adapted to the different environments found on the Islands, eventually becoming ...