Galápagos WildlifeBradt, 1999 - 140 páginas This guide to the wildlife of these extraordinary islands has a lively text and is illustrated throughout Z99 superb full-color photographs of the flora and fauna Island walks are described in detail Z99 accompanying full-color maps while background |
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... Fernandina to the west is the youngest of the archipelago - less than 700,000 years old . To explain this phenomenon , geologists note the ' hot spot ' theory . This suggests that in the region where Fernandina stands today there is a ...
... Fernandina to the west is the youngest of the archipelago - less than 700,000 years old . To explain this phenomenon , geologists note the ' hot spot ' theory . This suggests that in the region where Fernandina stands today there is a ...
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... Fernandina . A third species , Nesoryzomys fernandinae , also lives on Fernandina , but was only known from bones found in owl pellets in 1979. However , in 1995 Robert Dowler saw a number of them , so their existence has been confirmed ...
... Fernandina . A third species , Nesoryzomys fernandinae , also lives on Fernandina , but was only known from bones found in owl pellets in 1979. However , in 1995 Robert Dowler saw a number of them , so their existence has been confirmed ...
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... FERNANDINA ( NARBOROUGH ISLAND ) As you go west the archipelago gets younger and the volcanoes become more active . Fernandina is the westernmost and the most volcanically active island ( indeed , it is one of the most active in the ...
... FERNANDINA ( NARBOROUGH ISLAND ) As you go west the archipelago gets younger and the volcanoes become more active . Fernandina is the westernmost and the most volcanically active island ( indeed , it is one of the most active in the ...
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AN INTRODUCTION TO THE GALÁPAGOS | 1 |
HABITATS | 7 |
PLANTS | 15 |
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adult albatross archipelago Baltra Bartolomé beach blue-footed boobies breeding CDRS Cerro chick Chique cliff colony colour common cone crabs Darwin's finches dolphins Ecuador eggs endemic Española feed female feral Fernandina fish flamingos flightless cormorant Floreana flowers flycatchers frigatebirds galapagoensis Galápagos hawk Galápagos Islands Galápagos tortoises Genovesa giant tortoises green ground finch habitat highlands incubation insects Isabela lagoon land birds land iguanas lava cactus lava lizards males mammals mangrove marine iguanas masked boobies mockingbirds National Park nest Niño numbers Opuntia palo santo palo santo trees pelicans penguins pinzón plants predators Puerto Ayora Punta rats rays red-billed tropicbirds red-footed red-footed boobies reef reptiles rocks saltbush San Cristóbal sand Santa Cruz Santiago Scalesia sea-lions seabirds seen sharks shrub snorkelling South Plaza species spines spot storm petrel subspecies swim tourists trail turtles underwater vegetation visitors Volcán warbler waved albatross whales yellow young zone
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Birds, Mammals, and Reptiles of the Galápagos Islands: An Identification Guide Andy Swash,Rob Still Vista previa limitada - 2005 |