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Table of Contents - 1983 - Volume 17, Issue 01  

Research Article

Marine iguanas in Galapagos

Andrew Lauriea1

a1 Contribution number 347 of the Charles Darwin Foundation. Andrew Laurie, Estadon Cientifica Charles Darwin, Casilla 58–39, Guayaquil, Ecuador, South America.

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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