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This novel and accessible textbook focuses on the intimate interplay between ecological and evolutionary processes as populations spread through time and space. It provides both a survey of the field - a story about the history and development of our understanding - as well as a synthesis of the new developments.
List of contents
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Why do Populations Invade New Areas?
- 3: Evolution on Invasion Fronts
- 4: Stochasticity and Invasion Fronts
- 5: Stochastic Evolutionary Processes on Invasion Fronts
- 6: Pushed and Pulled Waves
- 7: Some Interesting Wrinkles
- 8: Biotic Interactions
- 9: Management of Invasive Populations
- Bibliography
- Appendix A: Diffusion Confusion
- Appendix B: Births, Deaths, and Logistic Growth
- Appendix C: Probability Distributions, Random Numbers, and Simulation
- Appendix D: Natural Invasions with Documented Trait Shifts
- Appendix E: Experimental Invasions
- Appendix F: Cutting Room Floor
About the author
Ben Phillips is Professor at the School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Australia. His expertise lies in population biology, employing both ecological and evolutionary perspectives to understand population change. He has published more than 170 scientific papers spanning a wide variety of topics and study systems. He started his professional career as a field biologist with an interest in reptiles. As a consequence of working on hybrid zones and a biological invasion in northern Australia, Phillps transitioned into modelling, fascinated by spatiotemporal processes.
Summary
This novel and accessible textbook focuses on the intimate interplay between ecological and evolutionary processes as populations spread through time and space. It provides both a survey of the field — a story about the history and development of our understanding — as well as a synthesis of the new developments.
