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Evolution of the Galapagos in the Anthropocene

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The Galapagos Islands inspired the theory of evolution by means of natural selection; now in the Anthropocene, the Galapagos represent an important natural laboratory to understand ecosystem resilience in the face of climate extremes and enable effective socio-ecological co-evolution under climate change.

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Fig. 1: Global change in the Galapagos.

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Acknowledgements

We thank M. Schuiteman for reviewing early drafts of the manuscript. We also thank the staff of the Charles Darwin Research Station that made possible the International Workshop to develop a Climate Change Research Agenda to inform climate change adaptation and mitigation for the Galapagos Marine Reserve, and to the Galapagos National Park Directorate for institutional support. We also thank the Helmsley Charitable Trust and the Dr. Gerard ‘Jerry’ Wellington Memorial Fund created by A. Blackwell for the funding provided to the Charles Darwin Foundation. This publication is contribution no. 2329 of the Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos Islands.

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  1. Charles Darwin Research Station, Charles Darwin Foundation, Puerto Ayora, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

    P. Salinas-de-León, S. Andrade, C. Arnés-Urgellés, S. Buglass, F. Cerutti, C. De la Hoz, G. Jíménez-Uzcátegui, I. Keith, J. R. Marín Jarrín, P. Martí-Puig, M. Medina & A. Moya

  2. Pristine Seas, National Geographic Society, Washington, DC, USA

    P. Salinas-de-León

  3. Facultad de Ingeniería Marítima y Ciencias del Mar, Escuela Politécnica del Litoral, Guayaquil, Ecuador

    J. R. Bermudez

  4. Natural Resources and Disaster Risk Management Division, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, DC, USA

    S. Bucaram

  5. Changing Ocean Research Unit, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    W. Cheung

  6. World Bank Group, Washington, DC, USA

    V. Hickey

  7. Sea Around Us, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    D. Pauly

  8. Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Departamento Interdisciplinario de Espacio y Población, Universidad de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador

    D. Orellana

  9. Hawaii Pacific University, Department of Natural Sciences, Kaneohe, HI, USA

    R. Ostergaard-Klem

  10. Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, NOAA, Princeton, NJ, USA

    C. Stock

  11. Brown University, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Providence, RI, USA

    J. Witman

  12. Biology Department, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

    B. Worm

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Salinas-de-León, P., Andrade, S., Arnés-Urgellés, C. et al. Evolution of the Galapagos in the Anthropocene. Nat. Clim. Chang. 10, 380–382 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-0761-9

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