Adaptive Speciation
Published on 2. September 2004
Book
Hardback
476 pages
978-0-521-82842-0 (ISBN)
Description
This book was first published in 2004. Unraveling the origin of biodiversity is fundamental for understanding our biosphere. This book clarifies how adaptive processes, rather than geographic isolation, can cause speciation. Adaptive speciation occurs when biological interactions induce disruptive selection and the evolution of assortative mating, thus triggering the splitting of lineages. Internationally recognized leaders in the field explain exciting developments in modeling speciation, together with celebrated examples of rapid speciation by natural selection. Written for students and researchers in biology, physics, and mathematics, this book is a groundbreaking treatment of modern speciation science.
Reviews / Votes
"In the pile of recent speciation books that sit on the researcher's desk, this volume will be well worn with handwritten notes in the margins. Expect to highlight ideas for new directions in research, scribble exclamation points where known systems have been stretched thin to accommodate new ideas, and renew the appreciation for the importance of frequency-dependent selection." The Quarterly Review of Biology, Frank A. von Hippel "...the utility of this book is great. It provides an overview of speciation theory from several points of view and provides summaries of some of the best empirical research programs on speciation." - Ecoscience, Patrik Nosil, Simon Fraser UniversityMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
110 line figures 12 plates 9 tables
Dimensions
Height: 237 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
897 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-82842-0 (9780521828420)
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Ulf Dieckmann | Michael Doebeli | Johan A. J. Metz
Adaptive Speciation
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04/2012
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Ulf Dieckmann | Michael Doebeli | Johan A. J. Metz
Adaptive Speciation
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Ulf Dieckmann | Michael Doebeli | Johan A. J. Metz
Adaptive Speciation
Book
04/2012
Cambridge University Press
€76.00
Shipment within 15-20 days
Persons
ULF DIECKMANN is Project Coordinator of the Adaptive Dynamics Network at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Laxenburg, Austria. MICHAEL DOEBELI works in the Departments of Mathematics and Zoology at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. JOHAN A.J. METZ is Professor of Mathematical Biology at the Institute of Evolutionary and Ecological Sciences at Leiden University. DIETHARD TAUTZ is at the Institut fur Genetik, at the Universitat zu Koln in Germany.
Content
Contributing authors; Acknowledgments; Notational standards; 1. Introduction Ulf Dieckmann, Johan A. J. Metz, Michael Doebeli and Diethard Tautz; 2. Speciation in historical perspective Will Provine; Part I. Theories of Speciation: Introduction to Part I; 3. Genetic theories of sympatric speciation Tadesusz J. Kawecki; 4. Adaptive dynamics of speciation: ecological underpinnings Stefan A. H. Geritz, Eva Kisdi, Geza Meszena and Johan A. J. Metz; 5. Adaptive dynamics of speciation: sexual populations Ulf Dieckmann and Michael Doebeli; 6. Genetic theories of allopatric and parapatric speciation Sergey Gavrilets; 7. Adaptive dynamics of speciation: spatial structure Michael Doebeli and Ulf Dieckmann; Part II. Ecological Mechanisms of Speciation: Introduction to Part II; 8. Speciation and radiation in African haplochromine cichlids Jacques J. M. van Alphen, Ole Seehausen and Frietson Galis; 9. Natural selection and ecological speciation in sticklebacks Howard D. Rundle and Dolph Schluter; 10. Adaptive speciation in northern freshwater fishes Sigur?ur S. Snorrason and Skuli Skulason; 11. Sympatric speciation in insects Guy L. Bush and Roger K. Butlin; 12. Adaptive speciation in agricultural pests Martijn Egas, Maurice W. Sabelis, Filipa Vala and Iza Lesna; 13. Ecological speciation in flowering plants Nickolas M. Waser and Diane R. Campbell; 14. Experiments on adaptation and divergence in bacterial populations Michael Travisano; Part III. Patterns of Speciation: Introduction to Part III; 15. Phylogeography and patterns of incipient speciation Diethard Tautz; 16. Evolutionary diversification of Caribbean anolis lizards J. B. Losos, R. S. Thorpe, A. Malhotra, A. Stenson and J. T. Reardon; 17. Adaptive radiation of African montane plants Eric B. Knox; 18. Diversity and speciation of semionotid fishes in Mesozoic rift lakes Amy R. McCune; 19. Epilogue Ulf Dieckmann, Diethard Tautz, Michael Doebeli and Johan A. J. Metz; References; Index.