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Demographic outcomes and ecosystem implications of giant tortoise reintroduction to Española Island, Galapagos by Gibbs, James P, Hunter, Elizabeth A, Shoemaker, Kevin T, Tapia, Washington H, Cayot, Linda J

“…Restoration of extirpated species via captive breeding has typically relied on population viability as the primary criterion for evaluating success. This…”
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Rewilding giant tortoises engineers plant communities at local to landscape scales by Tapia Aguilera, Washington, Gibbs, James P.

“…Trophic rewilding is increasingly being used to promote megafauna reintroductions to island ecosystems, yet ecosystem response to population restoration once…”
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Galapagos land iguanas as ecosystem engineers by Tapia, Washington, Gibbs, James P

“…Declines of large-bodied herbivorous reptiles are well documented, but the consequences for ecosystem function are not. Understanding how large-bodied…”
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Rethinking the Galapagos Islands as a Complex Social-Ecological System: Implications for Conservation and Management by González, José A., Montes, Carlos, Rodríguez, José, Tapia, Washington

“…The Galapagos Islands are among the most renowned natural sites in the world. Unlike other oceanic archipelagos, the ecological and evolutionary processes…”
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A new lineage of Galapagos giant tortoises identified from museum samples by Jensen, Evelyn L, Quinzin, Maud C, Miller, Joshua M, Russello, Michael A, Garrick, Ryan C, Edwards, Danielle L, Glaberman, Scott, Chiari, Ylenia, Poulakakis, Nikos, Tapia, Washington, Gibbs, James P, Caccone, Adalgisa

“…The Galapagos Archipelago is recognized as a natural laboratory for studying evolutionary processes. San Cristóbal was one of the first islands colonized by…”
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Galápagos tortoise stable isotope ecology and the 1850s Floreana Island Chelonoidis niger niger extinction by Conrad, Cyler, Barceló, Laura Pagès, Scheinberg, Lauren, Campbell, Patrick D., Wynn, Addison, Gibbs, James P., Aguilera, Washington Tapia, Cayot, Linda, Bruner, Kale, Pastron, Allen G., Jones, Emily Lena

“…A consequence of over 400 years of human exploitation of Galápagos tortoises ( Chelonoidis niger ssp.) is the extinction of several subspecies and the…”
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Description of a New Galapagos Giant Tortoise Species (Chelonoidis; Testudines: Testudinidae) from Cerro Fatal on Santa Cruz Island by Poulakakis, Nikos, Edwards, Danielle L, Chiari, Ylenia, Garrick, Ryan C, Russello, Michael A, Benavides, Edgar, Watkins-Colwell, Gregory J, Glaberman, Scott, Tapia, Washington, Gibbs, James P, Cayot, Linda J, Caccone, Adalgisa

“…The taxonomy of giant Galapagos tortoises (Chelonoidis spp.) is currently based primarily on morphological characters and island of origin. Over the last…”
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Stable Isotopes Reveal Long-Term Fidelity to Foraging Grounds in the Galapagos Sea Lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) by Drago, Massimiliano, Franco-Trecu, Valentina, Cardona, Luis, Inchausti, Pablo, Tapia, Washington, Páez-Rosas, Diego

“…Most otariids have colony-specific foraging areas during the breeding season, when they behave as central place foragers. However, they may disperse over broad…”
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Tracking acquired antibiotic resistance in commensal bacteria of Galápagos land iguanas: no man, no resistance by Thaller, Maria Cristina, Migliore, Luciana, Marquez, Cruz, Tapia, Washington, Cedeño, Virna, Rossolini, Gian Maria, Gentile, Gabriele

“…Antibiotic resistance, evolving and spreading among bacterial pathogens, poses a serious threat to human health. Antibiotic use for clinical, veterinary and…”
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Giant tortoise genomes provide insights into longevity and age-related disease by Quesada, Víctor, Freitas-Rodríguez, Sandra, Miller, Joshua, Pérez-Silva, José G., Jiang, Zi-Feng, Tapia, Washington, Santiago-Fernández, Olaya, Campos-Iglesias, Diana, Kuderna, Lukas F. K., Quinzin, Maud, Álvarez, Miguel G., Carrero, Dido, Beheregaray, Luciano B., Gibbs, James P., Chiari, Ylenia, Glaberman, Scott, Ciofi, Claudio, Araujo-Voces, Miguel, Mayoral, Pablo, Arango, Javier R., Tamargo-Gómez, Isaac, Roiz-Valle, David, Pascual-Torner, María, Evans, Benjamin R., Edwards, Danielle L., Garrick, Ryan C., Russello, Michael A., Poulakakis, Nikos, Gaughran, Stephen J., Rueda, Danny O., Bretones, Gabriel, Marquès-Bonet, Tomàs, White, Kevin P., Caccone, Adalgisa, López-Otín, Carlos

“…Giant tortoises are among the longest-lived vertebrate animals and, as such, provide an excellent model to study traits like longevity and age-related…”
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Roadkill of birds in Galapagos Islands: a growing need for solutions by García-Carrasco, José-María, Tapia, Washington, Muñoz, Antonio-Román

“…A major step in the development of conservation measures would be to study and understand the sources of non-natural mortality in wild fauna. The…”
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Illegal wildlife trade in Galápagos: molecular tools help the taxonomic identification of confiscated iguanas and guide their rapid repatriation by Gentile, Gabriele, Ciambotta, Marco, Tapia, Washington

“…Four species of iguanas occur in Galápagos. All of them are included in the red list of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and are…”
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The Galapagos giant tortoise Chelonoidis phantasticus is not extinct by Jensen, Evelyn L., Gaughran, Stephen J., Fusco, Nicole A., Poulakakis, Nikos, Tapia, Washington, Sevilla, Christian, Málaga, Jeffreys, Mariani, Carol, Gibbs, James P., Caccone, Adalgisa

“…The status of the Fernandina Island Galapagos giant tortoise ( Chelonoidis phantasticus ) has been a mystery, with the species known from a single specimen…”
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overlooked pink species of land iguana in the Galápagos by Gentile, Gabriele, Fabiani, Anna, Marquez, Cruz, Snell, Howard L, Snell, Heidi M, Tapia, Washington, Sbordoni, Valerio

“…Despite the attention given to them, the Galápagos have not yet finished offering evolutionary novelties. When Darwin visited the Galápagos, he observed both…”
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Identification of Genetically Important Individuals of the Rediscovered Floreana Galápagos Giant Tortoise (Chelonoidis elephantopus) Provides Founders for Species Restoration Program by Miller, Joshua M., Quinzin, Maud C., Poulakakis, Nikos, Gibbs, James P., Beheregaray, Luciano B., Garrick, Ryan C., Russello, Michael A., Ciofi, Claudio, Edwards, Danielle L., Hunter, Elizabeth A., Tapia, Washington, Rueda, Danny, Carrión, Jorge, Valdivieso, Andrés A., Caccone, Adalgisa

“…Species are being lost at an unprecedented rate due to human-driven environmental changes. The cases in which species declared extinct can be revived are rare…”
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DNA from the past informs ex situ conservation for the future: an "extinct" species of Galápagos tortoise identified in captivity by Russello, Michael A, Poulakakis, Nikos, Gibbs, James P, Tapia, Washington, Benavides, Edgar, Powell, Jeffrey R, Caccone, Adalgisa

“…Although not unusual to find captive relicts of species lost in the wild, rarely are presumed extinct species rediscovered outside of their native range. A…”
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Recovery of a nearly extinct Galápagos tortoise despite minimal genetic variation by Milinkovitch, Michel C., Kanitz, Ricardo, Tiedemann, Ralph, Tapia, Washington, Llerena, Fausto, Caccone, Adalgisa, Gibbs, James P., Powell, Jeffrey R.

“…A species of Galápagos tortoise endemic to Española Island was reduced to just 12 females and three males that have been bred in captivity since 1971 and have…”
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First record of the common house gecko Hemidactylus frenatus Schlegel, 1836 and distribution extension of Phyllodactylus reissii Peters, 1862 in the Galápagos by Torres-Carvajal, Omar, Tapia, Washington

“…Among introduced species in the Galápagos are three species of geckos – Gonatodes caudiscutatus, Lepidodactylus lugubris, Phyllodactylus reissii – occurring on…”
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Genetic analysis of a successful repatriation programme: giant Galápagos tortoises by Milinkovitch, Michel C., Monteyne, Daniel, Gibbs, James P., Fritts, Thomas H., Tapia, Washington, Snell, Howard L., Tiedemann, Ralph, Caccone, Adalgisa, Powell, Jeffrey R.

“…reproduction has recently been observed. Using microsatellite DNA markers, we have determined the maternity and paternity of 132 repatriated offspring…”
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Giant Galápagos tortoises; molecular genetic analyses identify a trans-island hybrid in a repatriation program of an endangered taxon by Milinkovitch, Michel C, Monteyne, Daniel, Russello, Michael, Gibbs, James P, Snell, Howard L, Tapia, Washington, Marquez, Cruz, Caccone, Adalgisa, Powell, Jeffrey R

“…Giant Galápagos tortoises on the island of Española have been the focus of an intensive captive breeding-repatriation programme for over 35 years that saved…”
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