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- Title
Mark-resight estimates confirm a critically small population size in threatened marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) on San Cristóbal Island, Galápagos.
- Authors
MACLEOD, AMY; UNSWORTH, LYDIA; TRILLMICH, FRITZ; STEINFARTZ, SEBASTIAN
- Abstract
The authors discuss the critically small population size of the threatened marine iguana species Amblyrhynchus cristatus on San Cristóbal Island in the Galápagos archipelago. Topics covered include the species' genetic effective sizes, indications that the population is undergoing a speciation process, and heterozygosity values. Also mentioned are monitoring and conservation practices and population size estimation methods used.
- Subjects
SAN Cristobal Island (Galapagos Islands); MARINE iguana; AMBLYRHYNCHUS; ANIMAL population density; ENDANGERED species
- Publication
Salamandra, 2016, Vol 52, Issue 1, p58
- ISSN
0036-3375
- Publication type
Article