Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice.

Prologue: a world flagship of inspiration / Tui De Roy (pp. 12-15) -- Foreword: Galápagos research, a family tradition / Sarah Darwin (pp. 16-19) -- The Galápagos Plan / Eliecer Cruz (pp. 20-23) -- Science for the Galápagos / Arturo Izurieta (pp. 24-27) -- Islands on the move: significance of hotspot volcanoes / Dennis Geist (pp. 28-35) -- Living water: investigating an elusive element / Noémi d'Ozouville (pp. 36-40) -- Paleoclimate and the future: a knife-edge balance / Julian P. Sachs (pp. 41-45) -- Vertebrate diversity: the long view / David W. Steadman (pp. 46-52) -- Lichen discoveries: bright, bold color specks, tiny and overlooked / Frank Bungartz (pp. 53-59) -- Insular flora: more than ’wretched-looking little weeds’ / Conley K. McMullen (pp. 60-66) -- Sunflower trees and giant cacti: vegetation changes over time / Ole Hamann (pp. 67-73) -- On the snails’ trail: evolution and speciation among a vanishing tribe / Christine Parent and Guy Coppois (pp. 74-81) -- Inshore fishes: the case of the missing damsel / Jack S. Grove (pp. 82-89) -- Shark migrations: discovering the golden triangle / Alex Hearn (pp. 90-97) -- Giant tortoises: mapping their genetic past and future / Adalgisa Caccone and Jeffrey Powell (pp. 98-105) -- Marine iguanas: life on the edge / L. Michael Romero and Martin Wikelski (pp. 106-113) -- Land iguanas: emergence of a new species / Gabriele Gentile (pp. 114-121) -- Darwin’s finches: studying evolution in action / B. Rosemary Grant and Peter R. Grant (pp. 122-129) -- A most unusual hawk: one mother and several fathers / Patricia Parker (pp. 130-137) -- Nazca booby behavior: some evolutionary surprises / Dave Anderson (pp. 138-145) -- The waved albatross: the family affairs of a critically endangered species / Kathryn P. Huyvaert (pp. 146-153) -- Penguins on the equator: hanging on by a thread / Hernán Vargas (pp. 154-161) -- The flightless cormorant: the evolution of female rule / Carlos A. Valle (pp. 162-169) -- Sea lions and fur seals: cold water species on the equator / Fritz Trillmich (pp. 170-176) -- Parasites and pathogens: threats to native birds / Patricia Parker (pp. 177-183) -- Success in biological control: the scale and the ladybird / Charlotte Causton (pp. 184-190) -- Saving ’lost’ plants: finding and nurturing the survivors / Alan Tye (pp. 191-197) -- Reign of the giant tortoises: repopulating ancestral islands / Linda J. Cayot and Washington Tapia (pp. 198-205) -- Project Isabela: ecosystem restoration through mega-eradication / Karl Campbell (pp. 206-212) -- Reports from the front: personal accounts from National Park field staff / Wilson Cabrera and Omar Garcia (pp. 213-219) -- A perspective on people and the future: the search for harmony / Graham Watkins (pp. 220-226) -- Reflections: ’Noe reall islands...,’ but paradise / Godfrey Merlen (pp. 227-233).

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