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Discovering Evolutionary Ecology
Bringing together ecology and evolution
Peter J. Mayhew
228 pages
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Numerous halftones and line drawings
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240x168mm
978-0-19-857060-8
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Hardback
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05 January 2006
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- The first accessible popular-style text covering the broad spectrum of evolutionary ecology
- Highlights the major questions, concepts and findings in this dynamic field, showing relationships between all the key topics in evolutionary ecology
- Concise and attractive writing style holds readers' interest in an enjoyable way
- Over 100 line figures and halftones illustrate the points made in the text, aiding understanding
- Comprehensive reference section provides links to all the most recent literature on the subject
Why are some kinds of organism species-rich and others species-poor? How do new species arise and why do some go extinct? Why do organisms grow and behave the way they do? This book provides an introduction to evolutionary ecology, the science that brings ecology and evolution together to help understand biological diversity. In a concise, readable format, Peter Mayhew covers the entire breadth of the subject, from life histories and the evolution of sex, to speciation and macroecology. Many emerging fields are also introduced, such as metabolic ecology, the evolution of population dynamics, and the evolution of global
ecology. Discovering Evolutionary Ecology highlights the connections between these different subject areas, and for the first time paints a picture of a truly integrated field. It illustrates the research tools utilized, and demonstrates how advances in one area can spur on developments elsewhere when scientists combine evolutionary and ecological knowledge. To maximize accessibility, the book assumes only a basic knowledge of biology, includes a comprehensive glossary, and contains almost no maths. Each chapter provides suggestions for further reading, and there is also an extensive reference list. Ideal as an introduction to evolutionary ecology for undergraduates, this book will also interest established researchers, providing a broad and up-to-date context for their
work.Readership: An accessible, popular-style text suitable for both undergraduate and graduate students taking courses in evolutionary ecology as well as professional researchers in the fields of ecology and evolution.
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"This book is a well-documented overview of evolutionary biology for both students and researchers." - Michel Cuisin MAMMALIA "'This is a book useful for a broad audience, from the undergraduate student to the professional scientist, and its simple, clear and very pleasant style makes it accessible and appealing to the non-biologist reader.' Vie et Milieu, 57 (3)" "Its quality earns it a serious look as a text for a course or advanced seminar. Ecology, Vol. 88, No 2." "This is an super textbook, which had me gripped from the opening sentences of the Preface...I suspect many lecturers looking for a new textbook in evolutionary ecology will be tempted to recommend this one." - Des Thompson, Bulletin of the
British Ecological Society, 2006 37:3 "It is very rare to find an author who can convey the excitement of ecological research in a text book, but Peter Mayhew succeeds....It is a book that should prove an inspiration to thoughtful students at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. Peter Moore, Bulletin of the British Ecological Society 2006, 37:2"
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Preface
1: Introduction: Where two fields meet
2: Evolutionary cover stories: the major transitions in evolution
3: Brave new worlds: the major transitions in ecology
4: Traits, invariants, and theories of everything: life history evolution
5: Sons, daughters and distorters: sex allocation and sex determining mechanisms
6: Voyagers, residents, and sleepers: evolution of dormancy and dispersal
7: Doing adaptive things: behavioural ecology, applied to plants
8: Evolution and numbers: evolution and population dynamics
9: A world of specialists: evolution of niche width
10: The good, the bad, and the commensal: evolution of antagonism and mutualism
11: Evolving together: coevolution
12: Birth of species: ecology and speciation mechanisms
13: Death of species: evolution and ecology and extinction mechanisms
14: Big evolution: macroevolution
15: Big ecology: macroecology
16: Combining in diversity: synthesis
References
Glossary
Index
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