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Darwin and the plants of the Galapagos-Islands [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
During his five year sea voyage with the “Beagle”, Darwin, at the suggestion of the botanist J.S. Henslow, collected more than 1400 vascular plants, and more than 200 of them alone during his short stay on the Galápagos Islands.
Stöcklin, Jürg
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Systematic review and scoring‐based selection of pharmacokinetic models for precision dosing of vancomycin in neonates and children

open access: yesBritish Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
This systematic review identified 112 population pharmacokinetic models of vancomycin in neonates and children. To support rational model selection for model‐informed precision, we developed and applied expert‐driven, transparent criteria that integrate both methodological rigour and clinical relevance.
Zoë Vander Elst   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

First Recorded Evidence of Invasive Rodent Predation on a Critically Endangered Galápagos Petrel (Pterodroma phaeopygia) Nestling in the Galápagos Islands

open access: yesBirds
The Galápagos Petrel (Pterodroma phaeopygia) is a long-lived Critically Endangered seabird endemic to the Galápagos Islands and faces severe threats from invasive species, particularly rodents.
Isabela Tapia-Jaramillo   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

What was the Galapagos ke-tai?

open access: yesAnnals of Business Administrative Science, 2018
The word “Galapagos” has garnered attention in Japan as an explanation for the loss of global competitiveness by the Japanese economy and Japanese companies, even while the Japanese companies are competitive domestically.
Atsushi Akiike, Sotaro Katsumata
doaj   +1 more source

News from Academy Bay [PDF]

open access: yes, 1988
Recent appointments in Washington office. El Niño volume available. Ira Wiggins dies. Nominations to the Royal Society. Index to Noticias de Galápagos. Dictionaries wanted - used or new.

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Spatiotemporal variability in the O-18-salinity relationship of seawater across the tropical Pacific Ocean [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The relationship between salinity and the stable oxygen isotope ratio of seawater (δ18Osw) is of utmost importance to the quantitative reconstruction of past changes in salinity from δ18O values of marine carbonates. This relationship is often considered
Cobb, Kim M.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

The flexible, the stereotyped and the in‐between: putting together the combinatory tool use origins hypothesis

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Tool use research has long made the distinction between tool using that is considered learned and flexible, and that which appears to be instinctive and stereotyped. However, animals with an inherited tool use specialisation can exhibit flexibility, while tool use that is spontaneously innovated can be limited in its expression and facilitated
Jennifer A. D. Colbourne   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Restoring the threatened Scalesia forest: insights from a decade of invasive plant management in Galapagos

open access: yesFrontiers in Forests and Global Change
Island forests are becoming increasingly fragmented and colonized by invasive species, which can eventually lead to local species extinctions. In the Galapagos Islands, invasive species pose a serious extinction threat to the endemic daisy tree Scalesia ...
Heinke Jäger   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

News from Academy Bay [PDF]

open access: yes, 1987
Royal Visit. The Vice President of Ecuador in the Galápagos. The Galápagos Marine Resources Reserve. The Charles Darwin Foundation Endowment Fund. Repatriation of Captive-bred Land Iguanas. The 1987 Flamingo Census.

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Subterranean environments contribute to three‐quarters of classified ecosystem services

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Beneath the Earth's surface lies a network of interconnected caves, voids, and systems of fissures forming in rocks of sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic origin. Although largely inaccessible to humans, this hidden realm supports and regulates services critical to ecological health and human well‐being.
Stefano Mammola   +30 more
wiley   +1 more source

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