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Zusatztext ... should be read and regularly consulted by anybody interested in adaptive radiation, in natural selection, and in speciation. Informationen zum Autor Dolph Schluter is Professor of Zoology at the University of British Columbia, Canada. The recipient of several awards and fellowships, in 1997 he was given the President's Award of the American Society of Naturalists, and in 1999 he was made a fellow of the Royal Society of London. Professor Dolph Schluter Zoology Department University of British Columbia 6270 University Boulevard Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4 Canada 1-604-822-2387 (tel) 1-604- 822-2416 (fax) schluter@zoology.ubc.ca Klappentext Adaptive radiation is the evolution of diversity within a rapidly multiplying lineage. It can cause a single ancestral species to differentiate into an impressively vast array of species inhabiting a variety of environments. Much of life's diversity has arisen during adaptive radiations. Someof the most famous recent examples include the East African cichilid fishes! the Hawaiian silverswords! and Darwin's Galapagos finches. This book evaluates the causes of adaptive radiation. It focuses on the 'ecological' theory of adaptive radiation! a body of ideas that began with Darwin and weredeveloped through the early part of the 20th century. This theory proposes that phenotypic divergence and speciation in adaptive radiation are caused ultimately by divergent natural selection arising from differences in environment and competition between species. The text re-evaluates theecological theory! along with its most significant extensions and challenges! in the light of all the recent evidence. It is the first full exploration of the causes of adaptive radiation in decades. Zusammenfassung Adaptive radiation, a process that has given rise to much of life's diversity, occurs when a single ancestral species diversifies into an impressive array of species. This book focuses on the 'ecological theory' of adaptive radiation, a body of ideas that began with Darwin and was developed through the first half of the 20th century. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: The origins of ecological diversity 2: Detecting adaptive radiation 3: The progress of adaptive radiation 4: The ecological theory of adaptive radiation 5: Divergent natural selection between environments 6: Divergence and species interactions 7: Ecological opportunity speciation 8: The ecological basis of speciation 9: Divergence along genetic lines of least resistance 10: The ecology of adaptive radiation ...
