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Ecol Lett ; 17(2): 144-54, 2014 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24382356

RESUMO

The giant tortoises of the Galápagos have become greatly depleted since European discovery of the islands in the 16th Century, with populations declining from an estimated 250 000 to between 8000 and 14 000 in the 1970s. Successful tortoise conservation efforts have focused on species recovery, but ecosystem conservation and restoration requires a better understanding of the wider ecological consequences of this drastic reduction in the archipelago's only large native herbivore. We report the first evidence from palaeoecological records of coprophilous fungal spores of the formerly more extensive geographical range of giant tortoises in the highlands of Santa Cruz Island. Upland tortoise populations on Santa Cruz declined 500-700 years ago, likely the result of human impact or possible climatic change. Former freshwater wetlands, a now limited habitat-type, were found to have converted to Sphagnum bogs concomitant with tortoise loss, subsequently leading to the decline of several now-rare or extinct plant species.


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Biodiversidade , Tartarugas , Áreas Alagadas , Animais , Carvão Vegetal , Equador , Fezes/microbiologia , Plantas , Esporos Fúngicos/isolamento & purificação
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Science ; 322(5905): 1206, 2008 Nov 21.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19023075

RESUMO

Paleoecological evidence from the past 8000 years in the Galápagos Islands shows that six presumed introduced or doubtfully native species (Ageratum conyzoides, Borreria laevis/Diodia radula-type, Brickellia diffusa, Cuphea carthagenensis, Hibiscus diversifolius, and Ranunculus flagelliformis) are in fact native to the archipelago. Fossil pollen and macrofossils from four sites in the highlands of Santa Cruz Island reveal that all were present thousands of years before the advent of human impact, refuting their classification as introduced species. These findings have substantial implications not only for conservation in Galápagos but for the management of introduced species and pantropical weeds in general.


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Conservação dos Recursos Naturais , Fósseis , Pólen , Ecologia/métodos , Ecossistema , Equador , Humanos , Magnoliopsida
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