A Synthesis of the Galápagos

Natural History, Human Conflict, and the Destiny of an Archipelago

Guillermo Paz-y-Miño-C, Avelina Espinosa (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

617 Seiten

2024 | Unabridged edition
Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-0364-0187-0 (ISBN)

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There are hundreds of books and thousands of scientific articles about the Galápagos. This volume is distinctive. The authors, Guillermo Paz-y-Miño-C and Avelina Espinosa, synthesize, integrate, and conceptualize the most recent evolutionary-biology research being conducted in the archipelago's terrestrial and aquatic environments; the conflicts resulting from human interactions with nature, including local population growth and tourism practices in the context of short- and long-term conservation efforts; and make predictions about the destiny of the Galápagos' unique biodiversity and landscapes under various scenarios of climate-change impacts, urbanization trends, diversification of tourism, and conservation investments. Offering over 260 figures and diagrams, this work will appeal to a broad audience, including professors in academia, college instructors, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, and research undergraduates. Another target audience is study-abroad and international field-trip instructors and their students who travel to the Galápagos year-round. Science writers and policymakers will find in this book useful information to discuss and debate about imminent environmental threats to afflict the Galápagos as a consequence of human population growth, tourism practices, and climate change.

Guillermo Paz-y-Miño-C holds a PhD in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior. He is an evolutionary biologist, recipient of a Citation for Outstanding Performance (2007, Innovation in Science Education) from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, USA, and author of 150 publications, including peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, editorials, and the books Kin Recognition in Protists and Other Microbes: Genetics, Evolution, Behavior and Health (2018); Measuring the Evolution Controversy: A Numerical Analysis of Acceptance of Evolution at America's Colleges and Universities (2016); and Evolution Stands Faith Up: Reflections on Evolutions' Wars (2013).Avelina Espinosa holds a PhD in Molecular Microbiology, and is Professor of Biology and Coordinator of Biotechnology Programs at Roger Williams University, USA. She is the recipient of a Young Investigator Award (2001) from the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and the author of 50 publications, including peer-reviewed papers (two cover-journal articles), book chapters, popular articles, and the books (coauthored with Paz-y-Miño-C) Kin Recognition in Protists and Other Microbes and Measuring the Evolution Controversy.

Erscheinungsdatum	03.05.2024
Verlagsort	Newcastle upon Tyne
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 212 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-0364-0187-1 / 1036401871
ISBN-13	978-1-0364-0187-0 / 9781036401870
Zustand	Neuware