Galápagos 2015: Science, Conservation, and
History in the 180 Years Since Darwin
HSS 130
Monday
8:20 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Tuesday
8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday
8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Program organizer: Matthew J. James (Department of Geology, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA).
Program sponsor: Pacific Division sections of Evolution,
Organismal Biology, and Biodiversity, and Ecology, Environmental Science, and Sustainability.
2015 marks the 180 anniversary of Charles Darwin’s visit
to Galápagos on HMS Beagle in 1835. It also marks the 110th
anniversary of the highly successful 1905-06 scientific collecting expedition from the California Academy of Sciences.
Considerable new information about science, conservation,
and history in the Galápagos Islands has appeared in recent
years, and this symposium will provide a venue for an international audience to meet and discuss those advances from
previous AAASPD Galápagos symposia in San Francisco in
1999 and 2009. In addition, attendees will have an opportunity to conduct specimen-based research, either before or
after the symposium, on the zoological and botanical collections from Galápagos housed at the California Academy of
Sciences.
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Morning session chair: Matthew J. James
8:20 Introductory Comments, MATTHEW J. JAMES
8:30 Mythologizing Darwin’s Islands, ELIZABETH
HENNESSY (Department of History and Nelson
Institute for Environmental Studies, University of
Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI).
9:00 Collecting Evolution: The 1905-06 Galápagos
Expedition from the California Academy of Sciences,
MATTHEW J. JAMES (Department of Geology,
Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA).
9:30 Factors Influencing Willingness to Donate to
Marine Endangered Species Recovery in the Galápagos National Park, Ecuador, SUSANA A. CARDENAS1* and DANIEL K. LEW2 (1Department of
Environmental Science and Policy, University California Davis, CA; 2Alaska Fisheries Science Center,
NOAA Fisheries, Seattle, WA).
10:00BREAK
10:30 Conservation from Afar – Can International
NGOs Make a Difference? JENNIFER S. JONES
(Galápagos Conservation Trust, London, U.K.).
11:00 The Charles Darwin Foundation Evolves – 2015
and Beyond, SWEN LORENZ (Charles Darwin
Foundation, Santa Cruz, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador).
11:30 Educating for Sustainability: A Public-Private Partnership for Strengthening Education in the
Galápagos Islands, RICHARD KNAB (Director of
Strategic Partnerships, Galápagos Conservancy, Fairfax, VA).
12:00 LUNCH BREAK
Afternoon session chair: Elizabeth Hennessy
1:30 Galápagos Tourism: A 35-year Retrospective,
MICHAEL JACKSON (St. Michaels University
School, Victoria, BC, Canada).
2:00 From Paradise to Paradise for Weeds: A History
of Colonization and Abandonment of the Galápagos
Highlands. PAOLO BOCCI (Department of Anthropology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
Chapel Hill, NC).
2:30 Public Policy Proposals to Restore the Farmland
on the Galápagos Islands, CÉSAR VITERI MEJÍA
(Eastern Tropical Pacific Seascape, Conservation
International, Puerto Ayora, Galápagos, Ecuador).
3:00BREAK
3:30 Opuntia Loss in the Galápagos: An Ecological
Cascade, FRANK J. SULLOWAY1* and KATHARINE M. NOONAN2 (1Department of Psychology,
University of California, Berkeley, CA; 2Oakland,
CA).
4:00 Domestic Animal Introductions to the Galápagos
Islands – Founder Effects and Diversification in the
First-Known (Truly) Feral Western Dog Population,
BRUCE D. BARNETT1*, BENJAMIN N. SACKS2,
SINI E.M. REPONEN3, and SARAH K. BROWN4
(1Barnett Environmental, Davis, CA; 2Department of
Population Health and Reproduction, 3Mammalian
Ecology and Conservation Unit, Veterinary Genetics
Laboratory, and 4Department of Anthropology, University of California, Davis, CA).
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4:30 Galápagos Verde 2050 – Technology Innovation
in Support of Ecological Restoration, PATRICIA
JARAMILLO1*, GABRIELA ORTIZ1, FABIAN
MASAQUIZA1, DANNY RUEDA2, WASHINGTON TAPIA3, and JAMES GIBBS3 (1Charles Darwin Foundation, Av. Charles Darwin, Puerto Ayora,
Santa Cruz, Galápagos, patricia.jaramillo@fcdarwin.
org.ec, [email protected]; 2Galápagos
National Park, drueda@Galápagos.gob.ec; 3Galápagos Conservancy, [email protected]; 4Department
of Forest and Environmental Biology, State University of New York, Syracuse, NY).
Symposium continues Tuesday morning at 8:30 a.m.
Please refer to page 57 of these Proceedings for schedule.
Galápagos 2015: Science, Conservation, and
History in the 180 Years Since Darwin
HSS 130
Tuesday
8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday
8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
This program is continuing from Monday.
Please refer to page 49 of these Proceedings for details.
Morning session chair: William H. Durham
8:30 New Molecular Insights into the Evolutionary
History and Conservation Status of the Galápagos
Marine Iguana, Amblyrhynchus Cristatus. AMY
MACLEOD*,
SEBASTIAN
STEINFARTZ,
MIGUEL VENCES and ARIEL RODRIGUEZ
(Technische Universität Braunschweig, Zoological
Institute, Braunschweig, Germany).
9:00 On the Snails’ Trail: Evolution and Speciation
in Galápagos’ Largest Adaptive Radiation, CHRISTINE PARENT (Department of Biological Sciences,
University of Idaho, Moscow, ID).
9:30 Codivergence of Finches and Their Plants in
Galápagos: Implications for Conservation, WILLIAM H. DURHAM (Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University, Stanford, CA).
10:00BREAK
10:30 Origins of the Fern Pteridium on Galápagos
Islands, PAUL G. WOLF1*, CAROL A. ROWE1,
2
MARTIN P. SCHILLING1, JOSHUA P. DER2,
CLAYTON J. VISGER3, and JOHN A. THOMSON4 (1Department of Biology, Utah State University, Logan UT; 2Department of Biological Science,
California State University Fullerton, Fullerton,
CA; 3Department of Biology, University of Florida,
Gainesville, FL; 4National Herbarium of New South
Wales, Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust,
Sydney, Australia).
11:00 The Galápagos Sea Lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) Diving Physiology, Metabolic Rate, Foraging and Reproductive Behavior, STELLA VILLEGAS-AMTMANN* and DANIEL P. COSTA
(Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,
University of California Santa Cruz, Long Marine
Lab, Santa Cruz, CA).
11:30 The History of Coral Research in the Galápagos
Islands, Ecuador, JOSHUA S. FEINGOLD (Division of Math, Science and Technology, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL).
12:00 LUNCH BREAK
Afternoon session chair: Terri J. Maness
1:30 Fisheries in the Galápagos Islands – Past,
Present and Future Scenarios, ALEX HEARN1*,
SANTIAGO BUCARAM2, RODRIGO BUSTAMANTE3 and HARRY REYES4 (1Turtle Island Restoration Network, Olema, CA; 2Universidad de San
Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador; 3CSIRO Marine
and Atmospheric Research, Cleveland, Queensland,
Australia; 4Department of Marine Resources, Galápagos National Park Directorate, Puerto Ayora, Galápagos, Ecuador).
2:00 Climate Change Impacts on the Galápagos
Islands Rising Mean Sea Level Scenarios Effects,
SANDRA JIMÉNEZ NOBOA (Autonomous University of Madrid and Observatorio Politica Ambiental – OPA, Ecuador).
2:30 The Galápagos Marine Reserve as a Key Site for
Migratory Marine Species in the Eastern Tropical
Pacific, ALEX HEARN1*, JAMES KETCHUM2,
A. PETER KLIMLEY3, E. ESPINOZA4, JONATHAN R. GREEN5, CESAR R. PEÑAHERRERA6,
DAVID ACUÑA7, TODD STEINER1, RANDALL
ARAUZ8, SANDRA BESSUDO9 and GERMAN
SOLER6 (1Turtle Island Restoration Network,
Olema, CA; 2Pelagios Kakunjá, A.C. La Paz, Baja
California Sur, Mexico; 3Department of Wildlife, Fish
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and Conservation Biology, University of California
Davis, Davis CA; 4Department of Marine Resources,
Galápagos National Park Directorate, Puerto Ayora,
Galápagos, Ecuador; 5Galápagos Whale Shark Project, Quito, Ecuador; 6Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia; 7Institute of
Natural and Mathematical Science, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand; 8PRETOMA - Asociación Programa Restauración de Tortugas Marinas San
José, Costa Rica; 9Fundación Malpelo y Otros Ecosistemas Marinos, Bogotá, Colombia).
Please refer to page 68 in these Proceedings for schedule.
Galápagos 2015: Science, Conservation, and
History in the 180 Years Since Darwin
HSS 130
Wednesday
8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
This program is continuing from Monday and Tuesday.
Please refer to page 49 of these Proceedings for details.
3:00BREAK
Morning session chair: Patricia G. Parker
3:30 Evolutionary Divergence, Biology and Population Dynamics of the American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) in the Galápagos Islands, ROBERT TINDLE1*, ROBERTO FRIAS-SOLER2,
ARNALDO TUPIZA3, ELIZABETH TINDLE4
and MICHAEL WINK5 (1Faculty of Science, University of Queensland, QLD, Australia; 2Facultad
de Biología, University of Habana, Habana, Cuba.;
3
Galápagos National Park, Santa Cruz, Galápagos,
Ecuador; 4Queensland University of Technology,
Counselling Services, Brisbane, QLD, Australia;
5
Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany).
8:30 Origin and Phylogeography of the Galápagos
Yellow Warbler, JAIME A. CHAVES (Universidad
San Francisco de Quito, Campus USFQ Galápagos,
Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, Isla San Cristóbal, Galápagos, Ecuador).
4:00 Evolution of a Novel Mating System in Nazca
Boobies, TERRI J. MANESS1* and DAVID J.
ANDERSON2 (1School of Biological Sciences, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA; 2Department of
Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem,
NC).
4:30 Past and Present Trends in the Abundance of
Sharks in the Galápagos Marine Reserve, C. PEÑAHERRERA1,2,3* I. VAN PUTTEN2, B. MCCLINTOCK4, C. DUDGEONS5, S. FRUSHER1, A. HOBDAY2, A.R. HEARN6, E. ESPINOZA3, Y. LLERENA7, and J. SEMMENS1 (1Institute of Marine and
Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Nubeena
Crescent, Taroona TAS, Australia; 2CSIRO Marine
and Atmospheric Research, Battery Point, TAS,
Australia; 3Galápagos National Park, Puerto Ayora,
Galápagos, Ecuador; 4National Marine Mammal Laboratory, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric
Administration, Seattle, WA; 5University of Queensland, St Lucia QLD, Australia; 6Turtle Island Restoration Network, Forest Knolls, CA; 7GAIAS University
San Francisco of Quito, San Cristóbal, Galápagos,
Ecuador).
Program continues Wednesday morning at 8:30 a.m.
9:00 Host Behavior, Immunology, and the Impacts
of Avian Pox Virus on the Galápagos Avifauna, M.
ZYLBERBERG1,2*, K.A. LEE3, K.C. KLASING3,
and M. WIKELSKI4 (1Department of Biochemistry
and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; 2Department of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA; 3Department of Animal
Science, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA;
4
Department of Migration and Immuno-Ecology, Max
Planck Institute of Ornithology, Germany).
9:30 Understanding Diseases in Galápagos Birds:
Can They Be Controlled? PATRICIA G. PARKER*,
MARI JARAMILLO, and SAMOA ASIGAU
(Department of Biology, University of Missouri – St.
Louis, St. Louis, MO).
10:00BREAK
10:30 The Population Dynamics of the Galápagos
Flightless Cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) in
Relation to Sea Temperature, ROBERT TINDLE1*,
MICHAEL P. HARRIS2, ELIZABETH TINDLE3,
and DIMITRIOS VAGENAS4 (1Faculty of Science,
University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Penicuik, UK, Australia; 3Queensland University of Technology, Counselling Services, Garden’s Point, Brisbane, Australia; Institute for Health and Biomedical Innovation,
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane,
Australia).
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11:00 Forty Years and Counting: Update on the Ecology
and Conservation of the Critically Endangered Waved
Albatross, KATHRYN P. HUYVAERT (Department
of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO).
11:30 Habitat Constraints Minimize Waved Albatross
Foraging Plasticity during the Breeding Season,
JILL A. AWKERMAN1*, SEBASTIAN CRUZ2,
KATHRYN P. HUYVAERT3, MARTIN WIKELSKI2, and DAVID J. ANDERSON1 (1Wake Forest
University, Department of Biology, Winston-Salem,
NC; 2Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Radolfzell, Germany; 3Colorado State University, Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology,
Fort Collins, CO).
in Darwin’s Finches: Is There an Immediate Solution?
SARAH A. KNUTIE and DALE H. CLAYTON
(Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt
Lake City, UT).
4:30 Landbird Conservation in Galápagos, BIRGIT
FESSL*, FRANCESCA CUNNINGHAME, PIEDAD LINCANGO, and CHARLOTTE CAUSTON (Charles Darwin Foundation, Puerto Ayora,
Santa Cruz, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador).
12:00 LUNCH BREAK
Afternoon session chair: Abzhanov Arkhat
1:30 Climatic Oscillations Occurring at Two Time
Scales Affect the Demographic Parameters of a
Marine Bird, DAVID J. ANDERSON1, JOCELYN
CHAMPAGNON2,3, JEAN-DOMINQUE LEBRETON3, and HUGH DRUMMOND2 (1Department
of Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem,
NC; 2Departamento de Ecología Evolutiva, Instituto
de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de
México, México; 3CEFE UMR 5175, CNRS - Université de Montpellier - Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier , Montpellier, France).
2:00 Developmental Mechanisms for Beak Shape
Evolution in Darwin’s Finches and Related Birds,
ABZHANOV ARKHAT (Department of Organismic
and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA).
2:30 The Adaptive Genomic Landscape of Darwin’s
Finches, KENNETH PETREN and LUCINDA P.
LAWSON* (Department of Biological Sciences,
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH).
3:00BREAK
3:30 Prospects for Biological Control of Philornis
downsi, an Invasive Parasite of Darwin’s Finches,
GEORGE E. HEIMPEL and MARIANA BULGARELLA (Department of Entomology, University
of Minnesota, St. Paul MN).
4:00 Introduced Parasite Causes Significant Mortality
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