Galapagos Islands Bibliography

GALAPAGOS ISLANDS BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos Island

http://www.darwinfoundation.org/

Information at this site is provided by the Foundation and includes research, marine and terrestrial life, and current news.

 

Charles Darwin Foundation, Inc

http://www.galapagos.org/about.html

The non-profit membership organization maintains this website that includes a photo gallery, their publication, meeting information, and more.

 

Collections related to the Galápagos Islands held by the California Academy of Sciences Special Collections

http://www.calacademy.org/research/library/special/galapagos.htm

Some of our most frequently used collections are those that relate to the Galapagos Islands. The Academy Library and Special Collections hold a significant amount of information on expeditions to the Galapagos.

 

The Galapagos Coalition

http://serv1.law.emory.edu/sites/GALAPAGOS/

This is a web site for people interested in understanding the relationship between conservation of the Galápagos and human activities.

 

Galapagos Conservation Trust

http://www.gct.org/

This site provides information on both the Galapagos Conservation Trust and the Galapagos Islands. It is regularly updated with news of activities, events and issues.

 

Galapagos Geology on the Web

http://www.geo.cornell.edu/geology/Galapagos.html

Scientists and non-scientists can enjoy learning about the geology of the Galapagos at this site.

 

Galapagos Tour

http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_tour/galapagos/gal_pgs.html

A photo gallery of the Galapagos Islands.

 

A Half Mile Down: Figments of Fancy off the Galapagos Islands

http://www.calacademy.org/calwild/pacdis/issues/winter97/galap.htm

Join the Academy’s John McCosker as he views the underwater world near the Galapagos. For more information, watch the video listed below!

 

Images from the Manzanita Project

http://dlp.CS.Berkeley.EDU/cgi/img_query?where-lifeform=any&rel-namesoup=like&where-namesoup=&rel-u_location=like&where-u_location=galapagos&rel-county=eq&where-county=none&rel-state=eq&where-state=none&rel-country=eq&where-country=Ecuador+(14)&rel-continent=eq&where-continent=any&where-collectn=any&rel-photographer=eq&where-photographer=any&rel-kwid=equals&where-kwid=

Images taken in the Galapagos Islands are included at this page.

 

RIT—Galapagos Expeditions

http://www.rit.edu/~rhrsbi/GalapagosPages/AboutGalapagos.html

Formation of the Islands, climate, birds, mammals, and plants are just some of the topics covered.

 

Troubled Waters in the Galapagos

http://www.calacademy.org/science_now/archive/headline_science/galapagos_122400.htm

The oil spill in the Galapagos was a featured story in the Academy’s Science Now web site.

 

World Wildlife Fund: Crisis in the Galapagos

http://www.worldwildlife.org/galapagos/

Find out about the oil spill, how you can help, view an FAQ, and see a timeline.

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BOOKS

Anderson, Robert Samuel and Analía Alicia Lanteri. New Genera and Species of Weevils from the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, and Cocos Island, Costa Rica. New York, NY: American Museum of Natural History, c2000. Main Serials QH1 .A5 A16 no.3299.

 

Ashlock, Peter D. Lygaeidae of the Galápagos Islands. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, 1972. REF CAS Pubs Q11 .C25.

 

Beaman, Kent R. Bibliography of Geochelone Elephantopus. Washington, D.C.: Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 1985. Herp Serials.

 

Berry, R. J. Evolution in the Galapagos Islands. London; Orlando: Published for the Linnean Society of London [by] Academic Press, c1984. Main & Herp QH366.2 .E86 1984.

 

Bowman, Robert I., Margaret Berson, and Alan E. Leviton, eds. Patterns of Evolution in Galapagos Organisms. San Francisco: Pacific Division, AAAS, 1983. Main & IZ&G QH198 .G3 P3 1983.

 

Bowman, Robert I. The Galapagos: Proceedings of the Symposia of the Galápagos International Scientific Project. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1966. Main, Main REF, Bot, Ent, IZ&G & S.A. QH198 .G3 B6.

 

Boyce, Barry. A Traveler's Guide to the Galapagos Islands. San Jose, CA: Galapagos Travel, c1990. Main REF F3741 .G2 B66 1990.

 

Bratcher, Twila. and Burch, R. D. The Terebridae (Gastropoda) of Clarion Socorro, Cocos, and Galápagos Islands. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, 1971. REF CAS Pubs Q11 .C25 ser.4, v.37:21.

 

Brower, Kenneth, ed. Galapagos: The Flow of Wildness. San Francisco, CA: Sierra Club; New York, NY: Ballantine Books, c1970. Pub QH198 .G3 G37 1970.

 

Cairns, Stephen. A Revision of the Ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Galápagos and Cocos Islands. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1991. Main Serials QL1 .S54 no. 504.

 

Cairns, Stephen. Stylasteridae (Hydrozoa:Hydroida) of the Galapagos Islands. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1986. Main Serials QL1 .S54 no. 426.

 

Calabi, Prassede. Evolution: A Natural Experiment: The Galapagos Finches. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt, c1998. Biodiv QH375 .C34 1998.

 

Carpenter, Charles Congden. The Marine Iguana of the Galápagos Islands, its Behavior and Ecology. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, 1966. REF CAS Pubs Q11 .C25.

 

Castro, Isabel C. and Antonia Phillips. A Guide to the Birds of the Galápagos Islands. London: Christopher Helm, c1996. M&O QL694 .G2 C37 1996b.

 

Charles Darwin Research Station. Annual Report of the Charles Darwin Research Station. Santa Cruz, Galapagos: The Station, 1979-. Main Serials QH1 .C45.

 

Colinvaux, Paul A. Environmental History of the Galapagos Islands: Joint Report by the Ohio State Research Foundation to National Science Foundation. Columbus, OH: Ohio State University, 1968. Main QH198 .G3 C6 1968.

 

Constant, Pierre. The Galapagos Islands. Lincolnwood (Chicago), IL: Odyssey Passport, 1997. Main & Main REF QH198 .G3 C6213 1997.

 

Conway, Ainslie and Frances Conway. The Enchanted Islands. New York: G.P. Putman's Sons, c1947. Main F3741 .G2 C66 1947.

 

Cousteau, Jacques Yves and Philippe Diolé. Three Adventures: Galápagos, Titicaca, the Blue Holes. New York, NY: A & W Visual Library, c1973. Pub QH91.15 .C66 1973b.

 

Crumly, Charles R. The Cranial Morphometry of Galapagos Tortoises. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, 1984. REF CAS Pubs Q11 .C25 ser. 4, v.43:9.

 

Cutler, Bruce. Darwinneon crypticus, a New Genus and Species of Jumping Spider from the Galápagos Islands (Araneae: Salticidae). San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences. 1971. REF CAS Pubs Q11 .C25.

 

Dall, William Healey and Washington Henry Ochsner. Tertiary and Pleistocene Mollusca from the Galapagos Islands. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, 1928. REF CAS Pubs Q11 .C25.

 

Darwin, Charles. Collected Works of Charles Darwin. New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1896. Main REF QH365 .A1 1896 vols. 1-13.

 

Darwin, Charles. The Galapagos Islands. London, England; New York, NY: Penguin Books, 1995. Main QH198 .G3 D38 1995.

 

DeLoach, Ned, ed. Reef Fish Identification: Galápagos. Jacksonville, FL: New World Publications, 1993. Main, Ichthy & S. A QL636.5 .G35 H85 1993.

 

Durham, John Wyatt. Corals from the Galápagos and Cocos Islands. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, 1962. REF CAS Pubs Q11 .C25.

 

Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences to the Galapagos Islands. Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences to the Galapagos Islands, 1905-1906. San Francisco: The Academy, 1907-1926. Herp QL657.G34 S58 1905

 

Fennah, Ronald Gordon. Fulgoroidea from the Galápagos Archipelago. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, 1967. REF CAS Pubs Q11 .C25.

 

Finet, Y. Marine Molluscs of the Galapagos. Gastropods: A Monograph and Revision of the Families Haliotidae, Scissurellidae, Fissurellidae, and Lottiidae. Ancona, Italy: L'Informatore Piceno, 1994. IZ&G QL428.5 .G34 M65 1994 no.1.

 

Finet, Y. The Marine Mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: A Documented Faunal List. Genčve: Muséum d'histoire naturelle, c1994. IZ&G QL428.5 .G34 F56 1994.

 

Fritts, Thomas H. and Patricia R. Fritts, eds. Race with Extinction: Herpetological Notes of J.R. Slevin's Journey to the Galapagos, 1905-1906. Lawrence, KS: Herpetologists' League, 1982. Main & Herp QL657 .G34 S58 1982.

 

Froeschner, Richard C. Synopsis of the Heteroptera or True Bugs of the Galápagos Islands. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1985. Main Serials & Ent QL522.8 .G34 F76 1985.

 

Garman, Samuel. The Galapagos Tortoises. Cambridge, MA: Printed for the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1917. Herp QL666 .C584 G38 1917.

 

Gifford, Edward Winslow. Field Notes on the Land Birds of the Galapagos Islands and of Cocos Island, Costa Rica. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, 1919. M&O QL694 .G2 G53 1919.

 

Glynn, Peter W. Corals and Coral Reefs of the Galápagos Islands. Berkeley: University of California Press, c1984. IZ&G & S.A. QL377 .C5 G58 1984.

 

Grant, B. Rosemary and Peter Grant. Evolutionary Dynamics of a Natural Population: The Large Cactus Finch of the Galápagos. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1989. M&O QL696 .P2438 G73 1989.

 

Grant, Peter R. Ecology and Evolution of Darwin's Finches. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, c1986. M&O QL696 .P246 G77 1986.

 

Great Britain Foreign Office, Historical Section. Galápagos and Juan Fernández Islands. London: H.M. Stationery Off., 1920. Main F3741 .G2 G7.

 

Grove, Jack S. and Robert J. Lavenberg. The Fishes of the Galápagos Islands. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1997. Main & Ichthy QL636.5 .G35 G76 1997.

 

Hamann, Ole. Plant Communities of the Galápagos Islands. Křbenhavn: Dansk botanisk forening, 1981. Bot QK473 .G2 H37.

 

Harris, Michael Philip. The Biology of Storm Petrels in the Galápagos Islands. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, 1969. REF CAS Pubs Q11 .C25.

 

Harris, Michael Philip. The Collins Field Guide to the Birds of Galapagos. Lexington, KY: Stephen Greene Press, 1989. Main REF QL694 .G2 H3 1989.

 

Hayes, Alan Henry. The Larger Moths of the Galápagos Islands, (Geometroidea:Sphingoidea & Moctuoidea). San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, 1975. REF CAS Pubs Q11 .C25.

 

Hebard, Morgan. Dermaptera and Orthoptera. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, 1920. RED CAS Pubs Q11 .C25 v.2:2:17

 

Heller, Edmund. Mammals of the Galapagos Archipelago, Exclusive of the Cetacea. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, 1904. REF CAS Pubs Q11 .C25.

 

Hertlein, Leo George. Pliocene Fossils from Baltra (South Seymour) Island, Galápagos Islands. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, 1972. REF CAS Pubs Q11 .C25.

 

Hertlein, Leo George. Description of a New Species of Chlamys (Mollusca: Pelecypoda) from the Galápagos Islands. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, 1972. REF CAS Pubs Q11 .C25.

 

Hickman, John. The Enchanted Islands: The Galapagos Discovered. Dover: Tanager Books, 1985. Main & S. A. F3741 .G2 H53 1985.

 

Hickman, Cleveland P. and Todd L. Zimmerman. A Field Guide to Crustaceans of Galápagos: An Illustrated Guidebook to the Common Barnacles, Shrimps, Lobsters, and Crabs of the Galápagos Islands. Lexington, VA: Sugar Spring Press, 2000. IZ&G QL441.8 .G23 H52 2000.

 

Hickman, Cleveland P. A Field Guide to Marine Molluscs of Galápagos: An Illustrated Guidebook to the Common Intertidal and Shallow-water Snails, Bivalves, and Chitons of the Galápagos Islands. Lexington, VA: Sugar Spring Press, 1999. IZ&G QL428.5 .G23 H535 1999.

 

Hickman, Cleveland P. A Field Guide to Sea Stars and Other Echinoderms of Galápagos. Lexington, VA: Sugar Spring Press, 1998. IZ&G QL383.8 .G23 H535 1998.

 

Jackson, Michael H. Galapagos: A Natural History Guide. Calgary, Alberta, Canada: University of Calgary Press, 1985. REF & S.A. QH198 .G3 J32 1985.

 

James, Matthew J. Galápagos Marine Invertebrates: Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. New York, NY.: Plenum Press, c1991. IZ&G QL345 .G2 G35 1991.

 

James, Matthew J. Studies of Galápagos Marine Invertebrates: A Bibliography. S.l.: s.n., 1989. Main REF QL345 .G2 J35 1989.

 

James, Maurice Theodore. The Blow Flies of the Galápagos Islands (Diptera: Calliphoridae). San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, 1966. REF CAS Pubs Q11 .C25.

 

James, Maurice Theodore. The Stratiomyidae (Diptera) of the Galápagos Islands. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, 1966. REF CAS Pubs Q11 .C25.

 

Kerzhner, I. M. Insects of the Galápagos Islands (Heteroptera, Nabidae). San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, 1968. REF CAS Pubs Q11 .C25.

 

Koopman, Karl F. and Gary F. McCracken. The Taxonomic Status of Lasiurus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in the Galapagos Islands. New York, NY: American Museum of Natural History, c1998. Main Serials QH1 .A5 A16 no.3243.

 

Kornicker, Louis S. and Thomas M. Iliffe. Troglobitic Ostracoda (Myodocopa: Cypridinidae, Thaumatocyprididae) from Anchialine Pools on Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1989. Main Serials QL1 .S54 no.483.

 

Kroeber, A. L. Floral Relations Among the Galapagos Islands. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1916. Bot Serials.

 

Lack, David Lambert. Darwin's Finches. Cambridge, MA; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1983. M&O QL696 .P2 L33 1983.

 

Landry, Bernard and C. Gielis. A Synopsis of the Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera) of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Ent & Main Serials QL1 .L72 no.276.

 

Larson, Edward J. Evolution's Workshop: God and Science on the Galápagos Islands. New York: Basic Books, c2001. Main QH366.2 .L375 2001.

 

Lawesson, J. E, ed. Botanical Research and Management in Galapagos. St. Louis: Missouri Botanical Garden, 1990. Bot QK473 .G2 W67 1987.

 

McCosker, John E. and Richard H. Rosenblatt. The Moray Eels (Pisces, Muraenidae) of the Galapagos Islands, with New Records and Synonymies of Extralimital Species. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, 1975. REF CAS Pubs Q11 .C25.

 

McMullen, Conley K. Flowering Plants of the Galápagos. Ithaca, NY: Comstock Pub. Associates, 1999. Bot QK473 .G2 M37 1999.

 

Merlen, Godfrey. Restoring the Tortoise Dynasty: The Decline and Recovery of the Galapagos Giant Tortoise. Quito, Ecuador: Charles Darwin Foundation, 1999. Biodiv QL666 .C584 M47 1999.

 

Nelson, Bryan. Galapagos: Islands of Birds. New York: Morrow, c1968. Main QL694 .G2 N4 1968b.

 

Orr, Robert Thomas. A New Rodent of the Genus Nesoryzomys from the Galapagos Islands. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, 1938. REF CAS Pubs Q11 .C25.

 

Pacific Science Congress, National Academy of Sciences and University of Hawaii. Galapagos Islands: A Unique Area for Scientific Investigations. A Symposium Presented at the Tenth Pacific Science Congress. Herp & S. A. QH198 .G3 G35.

 

Patzelt, Erwin. Fauna del Ecuador. Quito, Ecuador: Ed. Las Casas, 1979. Main QL245 .P38 1979.

 

Perry, Roger. Galápagos. Oxford; New York: Published in collaboration with the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources by Pergamon Press, 1984. Main REF QH198 .G3 G34 1984.

 

Pitt, William D. Late Cenozoic Marine Mollusks From Tuff Cones in the Galapagos Islands. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, 1986. REF CAS Pubs Q11 .C25 ser.4, v.44:12.

 

Rachowiecki, Rob. Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands: a Travel Survival Kit. South Yarra, Vic., Australia; Berkeley, CA: Lonely Planet Publications, 1989. Pub F3709.5 .R34 1989.

 

Ross, Edward Shearman. A New Species of Embioptera from the Galápagos Islands. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, 1966. REF CAS Pubs Q11 .C25.

 

Roth, Barry and Eugene V. Coan. Marginellidae (Mollusca, Neogastropoda) from the Galápagos Islands and Cocos Island. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, 1971. REF CAS Pubs Q11 .C25 ser. 4, v.37:23.

 

Ryan, Paul R, ed. The Galápagos Marine Resources Reserve. Woods Hole, MA: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, c1987. Main 551 .4605 Oc3, v.30:2.

 

Salwen, Peter. Galapagos: the Lost Paradise. New York, NY: Mallard Press, 1989. Pub QH198 .G3 S24 1989.

 

Schofield, Eileen K. Additions to a Field Guide to Some Common Galapagos Plants. Columbus, OH: Ohio State University, 1971. Bot QH541.5 .I8 S34 1971.

 

Schofield, Eileen K. Field Guide to Some Common Galapagos Plants. Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Research Foundation, 1970. Bot QH541.5 .I8 S34 1970.

 

Schofield, Eileen K. Plants of the Galapagos Islands. New York: Universe Books, 1984. Bot QK473 .G2 S36 1984.

 

Schuster, Robert O. and Albert A. Grigarick. Tardigrada from the Galápagos and Cocos Islands. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, 1966. REF CAS Pubs Q11 .C25.

 

Smith, Allyn Goodwin. Three New Land Snails from Isla Santa Cruz (Indefatigable Island), Galápagos. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, 1972. REF CAS Pubs Q11 .C25 ser.4, v.39:2.

 

Steadman, David W. Fossil Birds, Reptiles, and Mammals from Isla Floreana, Galapagos Archipelago. 1982 IZ&G QE741.3 .S79 1982.

 

Steadman, David W. Holocene Vertebrate Fossils from Isla Floreana, Galápagos. City of Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1986. Herp QE881 .S74 1986.

 

Steadman, David W. and Clayton Edward Ray. The Relationships of Megaoryzomys Curioi, an Extinct Cricetine Rodent (Muroidea, Muridae) from the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1982. Main Serials QE701 .S56 no. 51.

 

Steyskal, George C. Otitidae from the Galápagos Islands (Diptera, Acalyptratae). San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, 1966. REF CAS Pubs Q11 .C25.

 

Svenson, Henry K. Vegetation of the Coast of Ecuador and Peru and its Relation to the Galapagos Islands. Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1946. Bot QK266 .S93 1946.

 

Swarth, Harry Schelwald. The Avifauna of the Galapagos Islands. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, 1931. M&O & REF CAS Pubs QL689 .G23 S92 1931.

 

Swarth, Harry Schelwald. A New Bird Family (Geospizidae) from the Galapagos Islands. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, 1929. REF CAS Pubs Q11 .C25.

 

Thornton, I. W. B. Darwin's Islands: A Natural History of the Galápagos. Garden City, NY: Published for the American Museum of Natural History [by] the Natural History Press, 1971. Main & Pub QH198 .G3 T48 1971.

 

Treherne, J. E. The Galapagos Affair. New York: Random House, c1983. Main HV6535 .E22 G37 1983.

 

Van Denburgh, John. The Gigantic Land Tortoises of the Galapagos Archipelago. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, 1914. Herp QL666 .C584 V35 1914.

 

Werff, Henk van der. The Vegetation of the Galapagos Islands. Zierikzee, Netherlands: Drukkerij Lakenman & Ochtman, 1978. Bot QK473 .G2 W48 1978.

 

Williams, Robert S. R., Brinley Best, and Tom Heijnen. A Guide to Bird-Watching in Ecuador and the Galápagos Islands. Otley, West Yorkshire, U.K.: Biosphere Publications; Shipman, VA: Distributed in North America by Buteo Books, 1997. M&O QL689 .E2 G84 1997.

 

Weiner, Jonathan. The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in our Time. New York: Knopf: Distributed by Random House, 1994. Main QL696 .P246 W45 1994.

 

Williams, Francis Xavier. The Bees and Aculeate Wasps of the Galapagos Islands. San Francisco, 1926. REF CAS Pubs Q11 .C25 v.2:2:18

 

Wirth, Willis Wagner. New Species and Records of Galápagos Diptera. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences, 1969. REF CAS Pub Q11 .C25

 

Zullo, Victor A. Quaternary Barnacles From the Galapagos Islands. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, 1986. REF CAS Pubs Q11 .C25 ser.4, v.44:5.

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CHILDREN'S BOOKS

Damroth, William G. Islands of the Giant Tortoise. Sanibel, FL: William G. Damroth; Press Printing Co., c1987. Biodiv Juv QH198 .G3 D35 1987.

 

Schafer, Susan. The Galapagos Tortoise. New York: Dillon Press; Toronto: Maxwell Macmillan Canada; New York: Maxwell Macmillan International, c1992. Pub Juv QL666 .C584 S32 1992.

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AUDIO/VISUAL

VIDEO:

Galapagos: Beyond Darwin. Bethesda, MD: Discovery Channel Video, c1996. Biodiv F3741 .G2 G343 1996.

 

SOUND RECORDING:

Hardy, John William. Voices of Birds of the Galapagos Islands. Gainesville, Fla.: ARA Records, 1991. S.C Media Room QL694 .G2 V64 1991.

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