Format:
1 Online-Ressource (344 p.)
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1 frontisp
Edition:
Reprint 2020
ISBN:
9780520328389
Note:
Frontmatter
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This Volume Is Affectionately Dedicated to the Late
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Foreword
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Contents
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List of Contributors
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Comments on the Names of the Islands of the Galápagos
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PART I. General Scientific Studies
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1. Charles Darwin: Galápagos and After
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2. Animal Evolution on Islands
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3. Insular Adaptive Radiation among Birds
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4. Behavior Studies of Animals in Their Natural Environment
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5. Interaction of Physiology and Behavior under Natural Conditions
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6. Variation and Adaptation in Galápagos Plants
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7. The Oceanic Volcanic Island Ecosystem
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PART II. Specialized Scientific Studies
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A. The Physical Environment
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8. Geology of the Galápagos Islands
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9. Petrology of the Galápagos Islands
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10. Continental Drift in the Southern Hemisphere
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11. Study of a Soil Sequence on Indefatigable Island
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12. The Climatological Setting of the Galápagos
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13. The Oceanographic Setting of the Galápagos
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B. Marine Biology
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14. Factors Influencing the Zoogeographic Affinities of Galápagos Inshore Marine Fauna
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15. Coelenterates, Especially Stony Corals, from the Galápagos and Cocos Islands
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16. The Macromolecular Toxin of Sea Anemones (Coelenterata)
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17. Zoogeographic Affinities of the Balanomorpha (Cirripedia: Thoracica) of the Eastern Pacific
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18. Distribution of Marine Wood-Boring Organisms in the Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean
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19. Status of our Knowledge of the Galápagos Benthic Marine Algal Flora Prior to the Galápagos International Scientific Project
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20. The Symbiosis Between Tropical Sea Anemones and Fishes: A Review
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21. The Origins and Affinities of the Galápagos Shorefishes
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C. Terrestrial Biology
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1. Plants
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22. Origins and Relationships of the Flora of the Galápagos Islands
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23. Botany of Cocos Island, Costa Rica
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24. Preliminary List of Plants from Cocos Island
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25. Lichenology and Bryology in the Galápagos Islands, with Check Lists of the Lichens and Broyphytes Thus Far Reported
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26. Problems on the Origin, Dispersal, and Establishment of the Galápagos Cottons
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2. Plant-Animal Relationships
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27. Cacti in the Galápagos Islands, with Special Reference to Their Relations with Tortoises
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28. Some Plant-Animal Relations on the Galápagos Islands
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29. Pollinating Insects of the Galápagos Islands
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3. Animals
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30. Evolution of Orsilline Insect Faunas on Oceanic Islands (Hemiptera, Lygaeidae)
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31. Evolutionary Problems of Mite-Host Specificity and its Relevance to Studies on Galápagos Organisms
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32. Land Snails of the Galápagos
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33. The Galápagos Tortoises, Geochelone Fitzinger 1835 (Testudo Linnaeus 1758 in Part)
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34. Influence of the Parietal Eye on Activity in Lizards
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35. Comparative Behavior of the Galápagos Lava Lizards (Tropidurus)
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36. Species and Individual Variations in Iodine Metabolism
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37. Evolutionary Aspects of the Mammalian Fauna of the Galápagos
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D. Applied Science
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38. Problems of Conservation and Economic Development of the Galápagos
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39. Economic Resources of the Galápagos Islands
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40. Possible Utilization of Solar Energy on the Galápagos Islands
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Index
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In English
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1525/9780520328389
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