TY - BOOK AU - Bowman,Robert I. TI - The Galápagos: Proceedings of the Symposia of the Galápagos International Scientific Project U1 - 508 23 PY - 1966/// CY - Brussels, Belgium PB - Palais de Academies KW - Conservación KW - Ciencias básicas KW - Pure science KW - Islas Galápagos KW - Galapagos Islands N1 - Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice; This volume is affectionately dedicated to the Late Victor Van Straelen; (p. v) --; Foreword; Robert I. Bowman; (pp. vii-ix) --; List of contributors; (p. xv) --; Comments on the names of the islands of the Galápagos; (p. xvii) --; Charles Darwin : Galápagos and after; Sir Julian Huxley; (pp. 3-9) --; Animal evolution on islands; Alden H. Miller; (pp. 10-17) --; Insular adaptive radiation among birds; Dean Amadon; (pp. 18-30) --; Behavior studies of animals in their natural environment; Niko Tinbergen; (pp. 31-38) --; Interaction of physiology and behavior under natural conditions; George A. Bartholomew; (pp. 39-45) --; Variation and adaptation in Galápagos plants; G. Ledyard Stebbins; (pp. 46-54) --; The oceanic volcanic island ecosystem; F. Raymond Fosberg; (pp. 55-61) --; Geology of the Galápagos Islands; Howel Williams; (pp. 65-70) --; Petrology of the Galápagos Islands; Alexander R. McBirney and Ken-ichiro Aoki; (pp. 71-77) --; Continental drift in the southern hemisphere; Allan Cox; (pp. 78-86) --; Study of a soil sequence on Indefatigable Island; Jacques Laruelle; (pp. 87-92) --; The climatological setting of the Galápagos; Clarence E. Palmer and Robert L. Pyle; (pp. 93-99) --; The oceanographic setting of the Galápagos; Warren S. Wooster and Joel W. Hedgpeth; (pp. 100-107) --; Factors influencing the zoogeographic affinities of Galápagos inshore marine fauna; Donald P. Abbott; (pp. 108-122) --; Coelenterates, especially stony corals, from the Galápagos and Cocos Islands; J. Wyatt Durham; (pp. 123-135) --; The macromolecular toxin of sea anemones (Coelenterata); Edgar J. Martin; (pp. 136-138) --; Zoogeographic affinities of the Balanomorpha (Cirripedia : Thoracica) of the eastern Pacific; Victor A. Zullo; (pp. 139-144) --; Distribution of marine wood-boring organisms in the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean; Robert C. Miller; (pp. 145-148) --; Status of our knowledge of the Galápagos benthic marine algal flora prior to the Galápagos International Scientific Project; Paul C. Silva; (pp. 149-156) --; The symbiosis between tropical sea anemones and fishes : a review; Richard N. Mariscal; (pp. 157-171) --; The origins and affinities of the Galápagos shorefishes; Boyd W. Walker; (pp. 172-174) --; Origins and relationships of the flora of the Galápagos Islands; Ira L. Wiggins; (pp. 175-182) --; Botany of Cocos Island, Costa Rica; Luis A. Fournier; (pp. 183-186) --; Preliminary list of plants from Cocos Island; Raymond Fosberg and W. L. Klawe; (pp. 187-189) --; Lichenology and bryology in the Galápagos Islands, with check lists of the lichens and bryophytes thus far reported; William A. Weber; (pp. 190-200) --; Problems on the origin, dispersal, and establishment of the Galápagos cottons; Stanley G. Stephens and Charles M. Rick; (pp. 201-208) --; Cacti in the Galápagos Islands, with special reference to their relations with tortoises; E. Yale Dawson; (pp. 209-214) --; Some plant-animal relations on the Galápagos Islands; Charles M. Rick; (pp. 215-224) --; Pollinating insects of the Galápagos Islands; E. Gorton Linsley; (pp. 225-232) --; Evolution of orsilline insect faunas on oceanic islands (Hemiptera, Lygaeidae); Robert L. Usinger and Peter D. Ashlock; (pp. 233-235) --; Evolutionary problems of mite-host specificity and its relevance to studies on Galápagos organisms; Paul H. Vercammen-Grandjean; (pp. 236-239) --; Land snails of the Galápagos; Allyn G. Smith; (pp. 240-251) --; The Galápagos tortoises, Geochelone Fitzinger 1835 (Testudo Linnaeus 1758 in Part); John D. Hendrickson; (pp. 252-257) --; Influence of the parietal eye on activity in lizards; Robert C. Stebbins and Daniel C. Wilhoft; (pp. 258-268) --; Comparative behavior of the Galápagos lava lizards (Tropidurus); Charles C. Carpenter; (pp. 269-273) --; Species and individual variations in iodine metabolism; Jerold M. Lowenstein and Francis S. Greenspan; (pp. 274-275) --; Evolutionary aspects of the mammalian fauna of the Galápagos; Robert T. Orr; (pp. 276-281) --; Problems of conservation and economic development of the Galápagos; Misael Acosta-Solís; (pp. 282-285) --; Economic resources of the Galápagos Islands; Carl B. Koford; (pp. 286-290) --; Possible utilization of solar energy on the Galápagos Islands; Farrington Daniels; (pp. 291-299) N2 - Inglés ER -