Small ground-finch  (Geospiza fuliginosa)

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Glossary

  • Endemic: a species or taxonomic group that is only found in one particular country or geographic area.
  • Granivorous: seed eating.
  • Monogamous: having only one mate during a breeding season, or throughout the breeding life of a pair.
  • Morphological: referring to the visible or measurable characteristics of an organism.
  • Passerines: a group of more than 5,000 species of small to medium-sized birds which have widely varied plumage and shape. They all have three toes pointing forward and one directed backward which assists with perching, and are sometimes known as perching birds or song birds.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (December, 2008)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org/
  2. Grant, P.R. and Grant, B.R. (2007) How and Why Species Multiply: The Radiation of Darwin's Finches. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey.
  3. Sulloway, F.J. (1982) The Beagle collections of Darwin's finches (Geospizinae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Historical Series, 43(2): 49 - 94. Available at: http://darwin-online.org.uk
  4. Darwin, C.R. (1845) Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the world, under the Command of Capt. Fitz Roy, R.N. 2nd edition. John Murray, London. Available at: http://darwin-online.org.uk
  5. Kleindorfer, S. (2007) The ecology of clutch size variation in Darwin's small ground finch: comparison between lowland and highland habitats. Ibis, 149: 730 - 741.
  6. Hau, M. and Wikelski, M. (2001) Darwin’s Finches. In: Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester.
  7. Grant, P.R. and Grant, B.R. (2006) Evolution of character displacement in Darwin’s Finches. Science, 313: 224 - 226.
  8. Lack, D. (1983) Darwin’s Finches. Cambridge University Press, UK.
  9. Kleindorfer, S., Chapman, T., Winkler, H. and Sulloway, F.J. (2006) Adaptive divergence in contiguous populations of Darwin’s small ground finch (Geospiza fuliginosa). Evolutionary Ecology Research, 8: 357 - 372.
  10. Charles Darwin Foundation (April, 2009)
    http://www.darwinfoundation.org/en/galapagos/species/birds/native-endemic
  11. Birdlife International (April, 2009)
    http://www.birdlife.org
  12. UNEP-WCMC (April, 2009)
    http://www.unep-wcmc.org/protected_areas/data/wh/galapago.html
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