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Human-induced ecological cascades: Extinction, restoration, and rewilding in the Galápagos highlands
Oceanic islands support unique biotas but often lack ecological redundancy, so that the removal of a species can have a large effect on the ecosystem. The larger islands of the Galápagos Archipelago once had one or two species of giant tortoise that were the dominant herbivore. Using paleoecological...
Autores principales: | Bush, Mark B., Conrad, Shelby, Restrepo, Alejandra, Thompson, Diane M., Lofverstrom, Marcus, Conroy, Jessica L. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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National Academy of Sciences
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9214511/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35666867 http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2203752119 |
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