Remote oceanic islands have long been recognized as natural models for the study of
evolutionary processes involved in diversification. Their remoteness provides opportunities …

The extensive use of pesticides in agriculture, driven by the demand to increase food
production for a growing global population, has led to significant environmental …

Alien species, one of the biggest threats to natural ecosystems worldwide, are of particular
concern for oceanic archipelagos such as Galápagos. To enable more effective …

Hybridization of animal species is a special pattern of mating and hence a behavioral
phenomenon, influenced by ecological, demographic, and individual factors. We examine …

Mangroves provide many benefits to human welfare, but they are disappearing rapidly;
Ecuador and countries within the Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) region have lost over 40 …

Are pelagic species such as sharks and tuna distributed homogenously or heterogeneously
in the oceans? Large assemblages of these species have been observed at seamounts and …

A balanced trophic model of a Galápagos rocky reef system was constructed using Ecopath
and Ecosim. The Ecopath approach allowed characterization of food web structure through …

The Galápagos are home to a wide-ranging assortment of unusual plants and animals. The
islands became famous as the site of Charles Darwin's research leading to his theory of …

The paleogeography of the Galápagos Archipelago is examined in light of a modern
understanding of regional geology, eustatic sea level changes, and volcano subsidence …

Successful monitoring underpins effective wildlife management insofar as monitoring serves
to track the response of wildlife resources to management and to identify whether …