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Evolution of Biological Diversity

Edited by Anne E. Magurran and Robert M. May

Price: £39.95 (paper)
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-850304-0
Publication date: 15 April 1999
344 pages, 53 figures, 234x156 mm

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Reviews

'...'an excellent introduction to the topic... This refreshing text is highly recommended for graduate students and those who wish to keep up to date with the most recent research into the origins of biological diversity from genes to species' Biologist' -
''... an excellent compilation of views of speciation and biodiversity...I would describe it as essential reading for anyone with an interest in speciation' The Genetical Society of Great Britain' -
''... an excellent summary... It is this diversity of approaches that makes this book worth reading; in very few texts do we find such a range of up to date reviews of a subject that should be of interested to all ecologists and evolutionary biologists... This refreshing text is highly recommended for graduate students and those who wish to keep up to date with the most recent research into the origins of biological diversity from genes to species' Biologist' -

Description

A timely review of the major recent advances in a fast moving and important area of research
Includes contributions from some of the biggest names in the field of evolution, including Simon Conway-Morris, Stephen Jay Gould, and Sir Robert May
Only recent book to deal with the topic comprehensively

The astounding breadth of diversity of life on earth intrigues and amazes many people, while the future of world biodiversity is a cause for widespread concern. Within the current context of global interest in biological diversity, this is a timely review of the most recent research into the evolutionary origins of biological diversity and the processes of speciation, from a stellar cast of contributors. Recent studies have discovered considerable genetic and morphological variation both between and within populations of the same species. Yet the relation between this intraspecific variation and the processes of speciation remains poorly understood. When, how, and why do new species arise? The chapters in this book explore the question of how variation arises within species; some emphasize the ecological and behavioural basis of differentiation; others argue for the role of natural selection in generating speciation. Several chapters focus on the important emerging links between sexual selection, sexual conflict, and population differentiation. The final chapters of the book take a broader perspective on the question, and explore the fossil record for data on the origination of species diversity - and extinctions - in the past. This book is a must-have for all researchers and graduate students in the biological sciences who want to be abreast of the latest thinking on the evolution of biological diversity.

Readership: Researchers and graduate students in biology/ecology with an interest in evolution, biodiversity, population biology/genetics, or speciation.

Contents

Preface , R. M. May and A. E. Magurran

List of Contributors

1. The evolutionary genetics of speciation , J. A. Coyne and H. A. Orr

2. Genetic diversity: do market genes tell us the whole story? , T. Tregenza and R. K. Butlin

3. Genetic diversity in natural populations , J. Harwood and W. Amos

4. Sympatric morphs, populations and speciation in freshwater fish with emphasis on arctic charr , S. Skúlason, S. S. Snorrason, and B. Jónsson

5. Sexual selection and natural selection in bird speciation , T. Price

6. Explosive speciation of African cichlid fishes , G. F. Turner

7. Sexual conflict and speciation , L. Partridge and G. A. Parker

8. Population differentiation without speciation , A. E. Magurran

9. From genes to individuals: developmental genes and the generation of the phenotype , D. Tautz and K. Schmid

10. Revealing the factors that promote speciation , T. G. Barraclough, A. P. Vogler, and P. H. Harvey

11. Gulliver's further travels: the necessity and difficulty of a hierarchical theory of selection , S. J. Gould

12. Geographic range size and speciation , K. J. Gaston and S. L. Chown

13. Rates of speciation in the fossil record , J. J. Sepkoski, Jr.

14. The evolution of diversity in ancient ecosystems: a review , S. Conway Morris

Index

Authors, editors, and contributors

Edited by Anne E. Magurran, School of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, University of St Andrews and
Robert M. May, Department of Zoology, Oxford University

Links to web resources and related information

More in the same subject area:
Evolution
Conservation of the environment
Animal ecology
Plant ecology

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