The Biology of Biodiversity

by Kato, M.; Symposium of the International Prize for Biology 1998 Hayama-Machi, j

• ISBN13: 9784431702627
• ISBN10: 4431702628
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-05-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

When the 1998 International Prize for Biology was awarded for outstanding research in the biology of biodiversity, the honor went to Harvard University Professor Otto T. Solbrig, one of the authors of this volume. As the world becomes increasingly aware of the crisis and urgency of conservation in biodiversity, this book could not be more timely. Understanding of the biodiversity of plants, animals, and humans remains incomplete, but new multidisciplinary approaches - phylogenetic, ecological, molecular developmental, and genetic - have revealed essential underlying aspects of the science. These and other breakthroughs are presented in the papers collected here from scientists at the forefront of biodiversity research. While the focus of their work is on the evolutionary and ecological implications of biodiversity, basic concepts and data also are provided. The book is thus a valuable source both in research and in the utilization and conservation of biodiversity.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
Contributors	ix
Part 1 Species Diversity and Phylogeny
The Origin of Reproductive Isolation: Biological Mechanisms of Genetic Incompatibility	3	(18)
K. Sawamura
A Molecular Perspective on the Conservation of Diversity	21	(14)
C. Moritz
Mitochondrial Molecular Clocks and the Origin of Euteleostean Biodiversity: Familial Radiation of Perciforms May Have Predated the Cretaceous/Tertiary Boundary	35	(18)
Y. Kumazawa
M. Yamaguchi
M. Nishida
Molecular α-Taxonomy of a Morphologically Simple Fern Asplenium nidus Complex from Mt. Halimun National Park, Indonesia	53	(14)
N. Murakami
Y. Yatabe
H. Iwasaki
D. Darnaedi
K. Iwatsuki
Adaptive Radiation, Dispersal, and Diversification of the Hawaiian Lobeliads	67	(24)
T.J. Givnish
Phylogenetic Analyses of Large Data Sets: Approaches Using the Angiosperms	91	(16)
D.E. Soltis
P.S. Soltis
Part 2 Ecological Biodiversity
The Theory and Practice of the Science of Biodiversity: A Personal Assessment	107	(12)
O.T. Solbrig
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Processes: Theory, Achievements and Future Directions	119	(14)
J.H. Lawton
Creeping `Fruitless Falls': Reproductive Failure in Heterostylous Plants in Fragmented Landscapes	133	(14)
I. Washitani
Population Persistence and Community Diversity in a Naturally Patchy Landscape: Plants on Serpentine Soils	147	(14)
S. Harrison
Patterns of Tree Species Diversity Among Tropical Rain Forests	161	(18)
P.S. Ashton
J.V. LaFrankie
Functional Differentiation and Positive Feedback Enhancing Plant Biodiversity	179	(16)
T. Kohyama
E. Suzuki
S. Aiba
T. Seino
Part 3 Development and Evolution
Developmental Genetics and the Diversity of Animal Form: Hox Genes in Arthropods	195	(14)
M. Akam
Developmental Mechanisms Underlying the Origin and Evolution of Chordates	209	(14)
N. Satoh
K. Hotta
G. Satoh
S. Taguchi
H. Yasuo
K. Tagawa
H. Takahashi
Y. Harada
The Regulation of Dorsiventral Symmetry in Plants	223	(20)
S. Gleissberg
M. Kim
J. Jernstedt
N. Sinha
Evolution of Reproductive Organs in Vascular Plants	243	(16)
M. Hasebe
M. Ito
Part 4 Genetic Biodiversity
Genetic Diversity of Color Vision in Primates	259	(16)
W.-H. Li
Y. Tan
S. Boissinot
S.-K. Shyue
D. Hewett-Emmett
Avian Evolution During the Pleistocene in North America	275	(14)
R.M. Zink
J. Klicka
Genetic Diversity of Human Populations in Eastern Asia	289	(12)
K. Omoto
Human Diversity and Its History	301	(14)
H.C. Harpending
E. Eller
Subject Index	315