Lizards in an Evolutionary Tree The Ecology of Adaptive Radiation in Anoles - Organisms and Environments
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Adaptive radiation, which results when a single ancestral species gives rise to many descendants, each adapted to a different part of the environment, is possibly the single most important source of biological diversity in the living world. One of the best-studied examples involves Caribbean Anolis lizards. With about 400 species, Anolis has played an important role in the development of ecological theory and has become a model system exemplifying the integration of ecological, evolutionary, and behavioral studies to understand evolutionary diversification. This major work, written by one of the best-known investigators of Anolis, reviews and synthesizes an immense literature. Jonathan B. Losos illustrates how different scientific approaches to the questions of adaptation and diversification can be integrated and examines evolutionary and ecological questions of interest to a broad range of biologists.
Book information
ISBN: | 9780520255913 |
Publisher: | University of California Press |
Imprint: | University of California Press |
Pub date: | 28 Aug 2009 |
DEWEY: | 597.9548138 |
DEWEY edition: | 22 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 507 |
Weight: | 1685g |
Height: | 260mm |
Width: | 184mm |
Spine width: | 38mm |