Darwin, Darwinism and Conservation in the Galapagos Islands The Legacy of Darwin and its New Applications /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Quiroga, Diego (Editor), Sevilla, Ana (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Social and Ecological Interactions in the Galapagos Islands,
• Subjects: Environment.; Evolutionary biology.; Nature conservation.; Marine sciences.; Freshwater.; Nature Conservation.; Evolutionary Biology.; Marine & Freshwater Sciences.

The book explores how Darwin´s legendary and mythologized visit to the Galapagos affected the socioecosystems of the Islands, as well as the cultural and intellectual traditions of Ecuador and Latin America. It highlights in what way the connection between Darwin and the Galapagos has had real, endu...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• 1.Darwin’s Galapagos Myth
• 2.On the Origin of Species and the Galapagos Islands
• 3.The Galapagos Islands and the Ecuadorean State: Early Encounters
• 4.Darwinians, Anti-Darwinians and the Galapagos (1835-1935)
• 5.Mythologizing Darwin’s Islands
• 6.Mythologizing Darwin’s Islands
• 7.Darwinism in Latin America: Reception and Introduction
• 8.The Charles Darwin Foundation: some critical remarks about its history and trends
• 9.Darwin, Emergent Process and the Conservation of Galapagos Ecosystems
• 10.Darwinian Emergence, Conservation and Restoration: Novel Ecosystems and Hybrid Environments.