Evolutionary ecology on oceanic islands
Manuel Nogales, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
January 14, 2026 | 10h30 | Hybrid Seminar (Zoom Link; Passcode:1122)
The geographical isolation of oceanic islands allows, to a large extent, the development of unique ecological and evolutionary processes of great scientific interest. It is important to note that Charles Darwin and Alfred R. Wallace developed the Theory of Evolution, based on natural selection, in this type of environment. In the past, much of the available knowledge about islands was based on numerous empirical data from their natural history. However, today there is a modern discipline, evolutionary ecology, which seeks to address the ecological and evolutionary trends that animals and plants develop in oceanic island environments to achieve optimal ‘biological success’. During the last 35 years, we have conducted studies on some of the insular syndromes in the archipelagos of the Canaries and the Galápagos.
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