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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100198525281

ISBN-139780198525288

eBay Product ID (ePID)48661282

Product Key Features

Number of Pages232 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameDiscovering Evolutionary Ecology : Bringing Together Ecology and Evolution

SubjectLife Sciences / Ecology, Life Sciences / Evolution

Publication Year2006

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaScience

AuthorPeter J. Mayhew

FormatPerfect

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight16.6 Oz

Item Length9.4 in

Item Width6.6 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2005-026636

Reviews'...readable and well-illustrated with relevant and easy-to-understand graphs, line drwaings and tables. Undergraduates will love it.', '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.', ...readable and well-illustrated with relevant and easy-to-understand graphs, line drawings and tables. Undergraduates will love it., '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), 'This is a 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.', The touch is light and friendly, in many ways following in the tradition of all good books of natural history., '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.'

Dewey Edition22

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal576.8

Table Of ContentPreface1. Introduction: Where two fields meet2. Evolutionary cover stories: the major transitions in evolution3. Brave new worlds: the major transitions in ecology4. Traits, invariants, and theories of everything: life history evolution5. Sons, daughters and distorters: sex allocation and sex determining mechanisms6. Voyagers, residents, and sleepers: evolution of dormancy and dispersal7. Doing adaptive things: behavioural ecology, applied to plants8. Evolution and numbers: evolution and population dynamics9. A world of specialists: evolution of niche width10. The good, the bad, and the commensal: evolution of antagonism and mutualism11. Evolving together: coevolution12. Birth of species: ecology and speciation mechanisms13. Death of species: evolution and ecology and extinction mechanisms14. Big evolution: macroevolution15. Big ecology: macroecology16. Combining in diversity: synthesisReferencesGlossaryIndex

SynopsisWhy 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. Ideal as an introduction for undergraduates, this book will also interest established researchers, providing a broad and up-to-date context for their work., A concise, rigorous, and readable introduction to evolutionary ecology, a field of questions united by the intermix of evolutionary and ecological knowledge. Although not designed as a textbook, the author's enthusiastic and accessible style will inspire students (both undergraduate and graduate) to use the book in conjunction with the primary literture and more extensive reviews of individual topics., 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.

LC Classification NumberQH540.8