The Amazing Biogeography of the Galapagos

Published at : 23 Dec 2025

Recently I travelled to the Galapagos islands to try to follow in Darwin's footsteps and gain a deeper understanding of life on this planet.

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Sources / Further Reading

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/brv.12696

https://www.galapagos.org/about_galapagos/history/#:~:text=Five%20to%20ten%20million%20years,middle%20of%20the%20Pacific%20Ocean.

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstb.2008.0118

https://www.galapagos.org/about_galapagos/biodiversity/

https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/biology-of-island-floras/origins-and-evolution-of-galapagos-endemic-vascular-plants/18561D9350146A89CF9B5461DCDF7500

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0024406601905760

https://www.umsl.edu/~parkerp/geistdraft.pdf

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33749122/

https://www.metropolitan-touring.com/blog/nature/brief-history-of-plant-life-in-the-galapagos/

https://ecologyecuador.com/projects/galapagos/phylo-biogeography-of-galapagos-plants/

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41437-023-00635-4

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https://peerj.com/articles/1298/

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.04.05.535692v2.full

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