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Evolutionary Ecology simultaneously unifies conceptual and empirical advances in evolutionary ecology and provides a volume that can be used as either a primary textbook or a supplemental reading in an advanced undergraduate or graduate course. The focus of the book is on current concepts in evolutionary ecology, and the empirical study of these concepts. The editors have assembled a group of prominent biologists who have made significant contributions to this field. They both synthesize the current state of knowledge and identity areas for future investigation. Evolutionary Ecology will be of general interest to researchers and students in both ecology and evolutionary biology. Researchers in evolutionary ecology that want an overview of the current state of the field, and graduate students that want an introduction the field, will find this book very valuable. This volume can also be used as a primary textbook or supplemental reading in both upper division and graduate courses/seminars in Evolutionary Ecology.

Evolutionary Ecology simultaneously unifies conceptual and empirical advances in evolutionary ecology and provides a volume that can be used as either a primary textbook or a supplemental reading in an advanced undergraduate or graduate course. The focus of the book is on current concepts in evolutionary ecology, and the empirical study of these concepts. The editors have assembled a group of prominent biologists who have made significant contributions to this field. They both synthesize the current state of knowledge and identity areas for future investigation. Evolutionary Ecology will be of general interest to researchers and students in both ecology and evolutionary biology. Researchers in evolutionary ecology that want an overview of the current state of the field, and graduate students that want an introduction the field, will find this book very valuable. This volume can also be used as a primary textbook or supplemental reading in both upper division and graduate courses/seminars in Evolutionary Ecology.

Features

  • Selling point: Thorough treatment of the issues and concepts of evolutionary ecology
  • Selling point: Parallel treatment of chapters makes the book suitable for use in courses in evolutionary ecology

I. Recurring Themes
1Nature and Causes of Variation
2Evolutionary Significance of Variation
3Natural Selection
4Adaptation
5Phenotypic Plasticity
6Population Structure
7Inbreeding and Outbreeding
II. Life Histories
8Age and Size at Maturity
9Offspring Size and Number
10Senescence
11Life Cycles
12Sex and Gender
13Sex Ratios and Sex Allocation
14Ecological Specialization and Generalization
III. Behavior
15Mating Systems
16Sexual Selection
17Cooperation and Altruism
18Foraging Behavior
19Evolutionary Ecology of Movement
IV. Interspecific Interactions
20Ecological Character Displacement
21Predator-Prey Interactions
22Parasite-Host Interactions
23Plant-Herbivore Interactions
24Mutualisms
25Geographic Dynamics of Coevolution
V. Adaptation To Anthropogenic Change
26Pesticide Resistance
27Predicting the Outcome of Biological Control
28Evolutionary Conservation Biology
  • Evolutionary Ecology



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