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New study: Mangroves in Galapagos are key ecosystems to fish species
Galapagos Research Vol. 67
Date:
2010
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Joshua Vela/CDF
A noisy invader

The tree frog arrived in the Galápagos Islands in the late 1990s. This species, resistant to salinity and drought, has rapidly established itself in urban, agricultural, and natural areas and is now considered an invasive species. But little is known about this little yet loud amphibian...

Opuntia galapageia Hemsl.
Species Database Opuntia galapageia Hemsl.
Dictyota galapagensis (Farlow) De Clerck
Species Database Dictyota galapagensis (Farlow) De Clerck
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Lithophyllum complexum Me.Lemoine
Icerya purchasi (Maskell, 1878)
Species Database Icerya purchasi (Maskell, 1878)
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Neogoniolithon brassica-florida (Harvey) Setchell & L.R. Mason
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Lithothamnion pocillum M.Lemoine
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Lithophyllum divaricatum Me.Lemoine
Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius, 1804)
Species Database Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius, 1804)
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Daltonia longifolia Tayl.
Heinke Jäger/CDF
Scalesia Forests in Santa Cruz could be gone in 20 years

Study reveals urgent need for large scale invasive species management to prevent extinction of endemic forest in the Galapagos Islands

Geospiza scandens (Gould, 1837)
Species Database Geospiza scandens (Gould, 1837)
Pisonia floribunda Hook. f.
Species Database Pisonia floribunda Hook. f.
Chelonoidis hoodensis (Van Denburgh, 1907)
Species Database Chelonoidis hoodensis (Van Denburgh, 1907)
Avicennia germinans (L.) L.
Species Database Avicennia germinans (L.) L.
Batis maritima L.
Species Database Batis maritima L.
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Callophyllis ligulata W.R. Taylor
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Chondrus albemarlensis W.R. Taylor