Incluye referencias 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 National Park : half a century dedicated to conservation / Edgar Muñoz (pp. 20-23) -- The Charles Darwin Foundation : history of a science and conservation vision / Peter Kramer (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).

Inglés