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1. Frontmatter I
2. This Volume Is Affectionately Dedicated to the Late IX
3. Foreword XI
4. Contents XV
5. List of Contributors XIX
6. Comments on the Names of the Islands of the Galápagos XXI
7. PART I. General Scientific Studies
8. 1. Charles Darwin: Galápagos and After 1
9. 2. Animal Evolution on Islands 10
10. 3. Insular Adaptive Radiation among Birds 18
11. 4. Behavior Studies of Animals in Their Natural Environment 31
12. 5. Interaction of Physiology and Behavior under Natural Conditions 39
13. 6. Variation and Adaptation in Galápagos Plants 46
14. 7. The Oceanic Volcanic Island Ecosystem 55
15. PART II. Specialized Scientific Studies
16. A. The Physical Environment
17. 8. Geology of the Galápagos Islands 65
18. 9. Petrology of the Galápagos Islands 71
19. 10. Continental Drift in the Southern Hemisphere 78
20. 11. Study of a Soil Sequence on Indefatigable Island 87
21. 12. The Climatological Setting of the Galápagos 93
22. 13. The Oceanographic Setting of the Galápagos 100
23. B. Marine Biology
24. 14. Factors Influencing the Zoogeographic Affinities of Galápagos Inshore Marine Fauna 108
25. 15. Coelenterates, Especially Stony Corals, from the Galápagos and Cocos Islands 123
26. 16. The Macromolecular Toxin of Sea Anemones (Coelenterata) 136
27. 17. Zoogeographic Affinities of the Balanomorpha (Cirripedia: Thoracica) of the Eastern Pacific 139
28. 18. Distribution of Marine Wood-Boring Organisms in the Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean 145
29. 19. Status of our Knowledge of the Galápagos Benthic Marine Algal Flora Prior to the Galápagos International Scientific Project 149
30. 20. The Symbiosis Between Tropical Sea Anemones and Fishes: A Review 157
31. 21. The Origins and Affinities of the Galápagos Shorefishes 172
32. C. Terrestrial Biology
33. 1. Plants
34. 22. Origins and Relationships of the Flora of the Galápagos Islands 175
35. 23. Botany of Cocos Island, Costa Rica 183
36. 24. Preliminary List of Plants from Cocos Island 187
37. 25. Lichenology and Bryology in the Galápagos Islands, with Check Lists of the Lichens and Broyphytes Thus Far Reported 190
38. 26. Problems on the Origin, Dispersal, and Establishment of the Galápagos Cottons 201
39. 2. Plant-Animal Relationships
40. 27. Cacti in the Galápagos Islands, with Special Reference to Their Relations with Tortoises 209
41. 28. Some Plant-Animal Relations on the Galápagos Islands 215
42. 29. Pollinating Insects of the Galápagos Islands 225
43. 3. Animals
44. 30. Evolution of Orsilline Insect Faunas on Oceanic Islands (Hemiptera, Lygaeidae) 233
45. 31. Evolutionary Problems of Mite-Host Specificity and its Relevance to Studies on Galápagos Organisms 236
46. 32. Land Snails of the Galápagos 240
47. 33. The Galápagos Tortoises, Geochelone Fitzinger 1835 (Testudo Linnaeus 1758 in Part) 252
48. 34. Influence of the Parietal Eye on Activity in Lizards 258
49. 35. Comparative Behavior of the Galápagos Lava Lizards (Tropidurus) 269
50. 36. Species and Individual Variations in Iodine Metabolism 274
51. 37. Evolutionary Aspects of the Mammalian Fauna of the Galápagos 276
52. D. Applied Science
53. 38. Problems of Conservation and Economic Development of the Galápagos 282
54. 39. Economic Resources of the Galápagos Islands 286
55. 40. Possible Utilization of Solar Energy on the Galápagos Islands 291
56. Index 300