Ecology of Adaptive Radiation

Name: Ecology of Adaptive Radiation
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ISBN: 9780198505228

ISBN-10: 0198505221

ISBN-13: 9780198505228

Edition: 2000

Authors: Dolph Schluter

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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 Galpagos 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…

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List price: $93.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/7/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 296
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English




The origins of ecological diversity



Detecting adaptive radiation



The progress of adaptive radiation



The ecological theory of adaptive radiation



Divergent natural selection between environments



Divergence and species interactions



Ecological opportunity



The ecological basis of speciation



Divergence along genetic lines of least resistance



The ecology of adaptive radiation


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