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Marine iguanas in Galapagos

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Andrew Laurie
Andrew Laurie
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Contribution number 347 of the Charles Darwin Foundation. Andrew Laurie, Estadon Cientifica Charles Darwin, Casilla 58–39, Guayaquil, Ecuador, South America.
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The endemic marine iguanas of Galapagos are in severe danger of extinction on some islands. Predation by introduced cats, dogs, pigs and rats is one cause but the first findings of Andrew Laurie's three-year field study, which started in 1981, show that the situation is more complicated.

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Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 17 , Issue 1 , January 1983 , pp. 18 - 25
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1983

References

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