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Preliminary evaluation of the energy efficiency and reduction of atmospheric emissions from the electricity generation system of solar panels on the campus of the Universidad San Francisco de Quito in San Cristobal - Galapagos - Ecuador

ACI Avances en Ciencias e Ingenierías, 2015
Renewable energy is an alternative to reduce the impacts from fossil fuel use. The control of atmospheric emissions is relevant in fragile ecosystems as the Galapagos Islands.
René Parra Narváez
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Ecotourism and Economic Growth in the Galapagos: An Island Economy-wide Analysis [PDF]

This paper raises questions about the compatibility of "ecotourism and conservation in the unique environment of the Galapagos Islands. It updates a 1999 economy-wide analysis that predicted that increases in tourism would result in rapid economic as ...
Stewart, Micki, Taylor, J. Edward, Hardner, Jared   +2 more
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Cactaceæ in the Galapagos Islands [PDF]

Nature, 1896
MR. HEMSLEY is mistaken in stating, as he does on p. 623 of NATURE for October 24, 1895, that Dr. G. Baur was attached to the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross. Dr. Baur had no connection with the Albatross Expedition of 1891, the object of which was deep-sea dredging, and only included an incidental visit of a few days to the Galapagos.
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In the pink [PDF]

, 2015
The article describes three years work carried out by the author and Elizabeth Tindle, on the Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) in the Galapagos Islands Ecuador.
Tindle, Robert William
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The Galapagos Islands: A Magical Place [PDF]

, 2005
Components: “The Galapagos Islands: A Magical Place” (Science, Grade 2)Latin American ...
Campe, Joan
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Water quality and antibiotic resistance at beaches of the Galápagos Islands

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2015
Tourism and residential population growth are increasing on the Galápagos Islands, yet the effects of this growth on environmental quality are not well understood.
Katie eOverbey, Sarah eHatcher, Jill eStewart   +2 more
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The Flora of the Galapagos Islands [PDF]

Nature, 1895
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Genetic variation in the invasive avian parasite, Philornis downsi (Diptera, Muscidae) on the Galápagos archipelago

BMC Ecology, 2008
Background Understanding the dispersal and genetic structure of invasive insects across islands is important for designing management plans that are appropriate at spatial and temporal scales.
Donnellan Steve, Gardner Michael G, Dudaniec Rachael Y, Kleindorfer Sonia   +3 more
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Review of One Health in the Galápagos Islands (Part 1): historical perspective, invasive species, and emerging infectious diseases

Frontiers in Conservation Science
The Galápagos archipelago is a vast reservoir of terrestrial and marine biodiversity, owing in large part to its relatively recent volcanic genesis and colonization by humans.
Isabel A. Jimenez, Patricio A. Vega-Mariño, Tamia Villacres, Emma L. Houck   +3 more
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The ants of the Galapagos Islands

, 1919
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
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