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GALAPAGOS ISLANDS [4 records]

Record 1 2016-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Reptiles and Amphibians
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

A shore-dwelling seaweed-eating iguana of the Galapagos Islands.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Reptiles et amphibiens
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Evolution (Biology)
CONT

Cladogenesis defines those cases of evolution in which one species develops into two or more through adaptation. The classic example is the different species unique to the Galapagos Islands, where small populations of creatures from South America evolved in response to their new ecosystem.... There is disagreement about what constitutes a new species, but it's generally agreed that if the mating of individuals from different populations cannot result in fertile and viable offspring, then they belong to different species. Cladogenesis explains the development of a large assortment of species from a smaller set of ancestral species through evolution. Unlike anagenesis, speciation through cladogenesis does not require the extinction of the ancestral population. Through successive cladogenetic splits, either with or without the extinction of the ancestral population, the total number of species increases over time. Cladogenesis is probably a more common form of evolution and speciation than anagenesis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Évolution (Biologie)
DEF

Événement de séparation de deux clades, c'est-à-dire de deux groupes de taxons qui partagent le même ancêtre.

OBS

[Les taxons constituent des] unités formelles représentées par un groupe d'organismes à chaque niveau de la classification.

Spanish

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Record 3 2003-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Launchers (Astronautics)
CONT

The main cryogenic stage's Vulcain engine has cut off and the stage has separated. It will fall toward the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean. The upper stage, the storable propellant stage, has ignited to deliver the Astra 2B and GE-7 satellites into orbit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lanceurs (Astronautique)
CONT

L'étage à propergol stockable (EPS). L'EPS est l'étage supérieur destiné à propulser la charge utile d'Ariane 5 vers son orbite finale et assurer une injection orbitale de précision. Il emporte pour cela 9,7 tonnes d'ergols stockables qui alimentent son moteur Aestus, de 3 tonnes de poussée, par simple pressurisation des réservoirs.

Spanish

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Record 4 2001-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oceanography
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

Islands that rise from deep water far from any continent, trough they may occur in a close group, like the Hawaiian Islands, the Azores, and the Galapagos.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Océanographie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
CONT

En quelques endroits s'élèvent des montagnes isolées ou des groupes de montagnes aux parois très escarpées (jusque 35°) dépassant parfois la surface de la mer en formant alors des «îles océaniques» qui sont isolées, dispersées [...], groupées (Açores) ou alignées en chaînes (Sandwich) [...]

Spanish

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