Galapagos Papers compiled February 2009
Historical DNA analysis reveals living descendants of an extinct species of Galápagos
tortoise. 2008. Poulakakis N, Glaberman S, Russello M, Beheregaray LB, Ciofi C,
Powell JR, Caccone A. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Oct 7;105(40):15464-9.
Serial monogamy and sex ratio bias in Nazca boobies. 2007. Terri J Maness* and David J
Anderson. Proc Biol Sci. 274(1621): 2047–2054.
Fecundity compromises attractiveness when pigments are scarce. Judith Morales,
Alberto Velando, and Roxana Torresa. 2008. Behavioral Ecology Advance Access
published September 26, 2008,
Rediscovery of an “extinct” Galápagos tortoise. 2008. James F. Parham*PNAS, vol. 105
no. 40 15227-15228
Historical DNA analysis reveals living descendants of an extinct species of Galápagos
tortoise. 2008. Nikos Poulakakis, Glaberman, Michael Russello, Luciano B. Beheregaray,
Claudio Ciofi, Jeffrey R. Powell, and Adalgisa Caccone. PNAS vol. 105 no. 40
15464-15469.
Galapagos Islands: Marine iguanas die from trace oil pollution. 2002. Martin Wikelski,
Vanessa Wong, Brett Chevalier, Niels Rattenborg and Howard L. Snell. Nature 417, 607608
Pink iguana NPR News Piece, listen at this url
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99211626
An overlooked pink species of land iguana in the Galápagos. 2009. Gabriele Gentilea,
Anna Fabiania, Cruz Marquezb, Howard L. Snell, Heidi M. Snell, Washington Tapia,
and Valerio SbordoniaPNAS vol. 106 no. 2 507-511
Nutrient exchanges between marine and terrestrial ecosystems: the case of the Galapagos
sea lion Zalophus wollebaecki. 2003. Farina, J.M., S.Salazar, K.P. Wallem, J.D. Witman
and J.C. Ellis. Journal of Animal Ecology 72: 873-887
Rapid community change at a tropical upwelling site in the Galapagos Marine Reserve.
2003. Witman, J.D and F. Smith. Biodiversity and Conservation 12: 25-45
Effects of Artisanal Fishing on Marine Communities in the Galápagos Islands. 2002.
Benjamin I. Ruttenberg. Conservation Biology Volume 15 Issue 6, Pages 1691 – 1699
Cascading effects of fishing on Galapagos rocky reef communities. 2007.
Jorge I. Sonnenholzner1, Lydia B. Ladah, Kevin D. Lafferty. Marine Ecology Progress
Series 343:77-85
The rocky path to sustainable fisheries management and conservation in the Galápagos
Marine Reserve. 2008. Alex Hearn. Ocean & Coastal Management Volume 51, Issues 89, Pages 567-57
Corticosterone Levels Predict Survival Probabilities of Galápagos Marine Iguanas during
El Niño Events. 2001. L. Michael Romero and Martin Wikelski. Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 98, No. 13, pp.
7366-7370
Yale Researchers May Have Solved Mystery About Why "Lonesome George" Refuses To Mate
ScienceDaily (Nov. 9, 1999)
Phylogenetic relationships and morphological diversity in darwin’s finches and their
relatives. 2002. Kevin J. Burns, Shannon J. Hackett and Nedra K. Klein. Evolution,
56(6), pp. 1240–1252
Published online 2007 May 15. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0224.
Reproductive isolation of sympatric morphs in a population of Darwin's finches. 2007.
Sarah K Huber, Luis Fernando De León, Andrew P Hendry, Eldredge Bermingham, and
Jeffrey Podos. Proc Biol Sci. 274(1619): 1709–1714.
Tortoise genes and island beings: giant Galapagos reptiles on slow road to recovery
Science News , Nov 10, 2007 by Bryn Nelson
Lonesome George, the World’s Rarest Tortoise, Isn’t Ready to Be a Dad
Discover Online Magazine, November, 2008
Lonesome George may miss out on fatherhood, Published online 11 November 2008 |
Nature News, Henry Nicholls