The ecology of adaptive radiation

Author(s)

• Schluter, Dolph

Bibliographic Information

The ecology of adaptive radiation

Dolph Schluter

（Oxford series in ecology and evolution）

Oxford University Press, c2000

• : hbk.
• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references ([244]-284) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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. Some of the most famous recent examples include the East African cichlid fishes, the Hawaiian silverswords, and of course, 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 was developed 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. In The Ecology of Adaptive Radiation the author re-evaluates the ecological theory, along with its most significant extensions and challenges, in the light of all the recent evidence. This important book is the first full exploration of the causes of adaptive radiation to be published for decades, written by one of the world's best young evolutionary biologists.

Table of Contents

• 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

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Details

• NCID: BA51040593
• ISBN:
  • 019850523X
  • 9780198505228
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 288 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA1275130X