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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... ZONE Beyond the reaches of salt spray is a broad zone of lava , ash and cinder where only plants able to exist with little moisture can survive . Here temperatures soar up to 30 ° C , especially during the hot season . Many of the ...
... ZONE Beyond the reaches of salt spray is a broad zone of lava , ash and cinder where only plants able to exist with little moisture can survive . Here temperatures soar up to 30 ° C , especially during the hot season . Many of the ...
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... zone rises to about 200m . As elevation and humidity increase , larger trees appear . A transition zone between arid and humid has been recognised . Biodiversity increases here , and new deciduous trees such as pega- pega ( Pisonia ...
... zone rises to about 200m . As elevation and humidity increase , larger trees appear . A transition zone between arid and humid has been recognised . Biodiversity increases here , and new deciduous trees such as pega- pega ( Pisonia ...
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... zone . These filter out salt so almost pure water reaches the rest of the plant . Leaves thick and waxy . The characteristic long fruit dangle over the water , then drop and float away to grow elsewhere . Important in stabilising coasts ...
... zone . These filter out salt so almost pure water reaches the rest of the plant . Leaves thick and waxy . The characteristic long fruit dangle over the water , then drop and float away to grow elsewhere . Important in stabilising coasts ...
Contenido
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 |