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Filtering by: DOI 10.1073/pnas.0910818107 Location Galapagos Islands, Galápagos, Ecuador, (Hypsographic) Degree Name Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

The role of herbivores and productivity on community structure of rocky shores of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Creator:

Vinueza, Luis R.

Abstract:

Ecosystems are facing increasing threats from human related activities, such as overfishing, pollution, habitat destruction, species invasions, and diseases, among others. While oceanic islands provide natural laboratories to understand ecological and evolutionary process, they are also particularly vulnerable to these impacts, given their usual isolation from the mainland and the...

Resource Type:

Dissertation