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BIOLOGY 9H (Darwin's Finches): Galapagos biodiversity

This guide will provide a variety of topics from which students can choose and begin the research process for Darwin's Finches.

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Social Dimensions of ‘Nature at Risk’ in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador

Lu, F., Valdivia, G., & Wolford, W. (2013). Conservation and Society11(1), 83–95

Threats from Alien Plant Species in the Galápagos Islands

Mauchamp, A. (1997). Conservation Biology11(1), 260–263.

What Darwin's finches can teach us about the evolutionary origin and regulation of biodiversity

Grant, B. R., and Peter R. Grant. Bioscience, vol. 53, no. 10 2003, pp. 965-975. ProQuest; eLibrary,

Benedict Library Database Resources

"Cell Death." The Gale Encyclopedia of Science, edited by Katherine H. Nemeh and Jacqueline L. Longe, 6th ed., vol. 2, Gale, 2021, p. 870. 

Galápagos: Islands of Change

Baldwin, C. C. (2000). Science Scope23(4), 32–34