Giant Tortoises as Ecological Engineers: A Long-term Quasi-experiment in the Galápagos Islands

Journal article

Peer reviewed

James P Gibbs, Eleanor J Sterling and F. Javier Zabala

Biotropica, Vol.42(2), pp.208-214

2010

Abstract

Amphibia. Reptilia

Animal, plant and microbial ecology

Applied ecology

Biological and medical sciences

Conservation, protection and management of environment and wildlife

Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology

General aspects

Vertebrates: general zoology, morphology, phylogeny, systematics, cytogenetics, geographical distribution

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Title: Giant Tortoises as Ecological Engineers: A Long-term Quasi-experiment in the Galápagos Islands
Creators - without role: James P Gibbs - College of Environmental Science and Forestry, State University of New York, Syracuse, NY 13210, United States
Eleanor J Sterling - Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, United States
F. Javier Zabala - Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
Publication Details: Biotropica, Vol.42(2), pp.208-214
Publisher: Wiley
Identifiers: 99871216004826
Academic Unit: Department of Environmental Biology
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article