Evolutionary Ecology Concepts and Case Studies

by Fox, Charles W.; Roff, Derek A.; Fairbairn, Daphne J.

• ISBN13: 9780195131550
• ISBN10: 019513155X
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780198030133
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-10-19
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

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 inevolutionary 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 Ecologywill 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 canalso be used as a primary textbook or supplemental reading in both upper division and graduate courses/seminars in Evolutionary Ecology.

Table of Contents

Contributors	xi
Part I. Recurring Themes
Nature and Causes of Variation	3	(13)
Susan J. Mazer
John Damuth
Evolutionary Significance of Variation	16	(13)
Susan J. Mazer
John Damuth
Natural Selection	29	(15)
Daphne J. Fairbairn
Jeff P. Reeve
Adaptation	44	(14)
David Reznick
Joseph Travis
Phenotypic Plasticity	58	(12)
Massimo Pigliucci
Population Structure	70	(14)
Leonard Nunney
Inbreeding and Outbreeding	84	(15)
Nickolas M. Waser
Charles F. Williams
Part II. Life Histories
Age and Size at Maturity	99	(14)
Derek A. Roff
Offspring Size and Number	113	(15)
Frank J. Messina
Charles W. Fox
Senescence	128	(14)
Marc Tator
Life Cycles	142	(12)
Jan A. Pechenik
Sex and Gender	154	(11)
Turk Rhen
David Crews
Sex Ratios and Sex Allocation	165	(12)
Steven Hecht Orzack
Ecological Specialization and Generalization	177	(16)
Douglas J. Futuyma
Part III. Behavior
Mating Systems	193	(14)
Ann K. Sakai
David F. Westneat
Sexual Selection	207	(15)
Udo M. Savalli
Cooperation and Altruism	222	(10)
David Sloan Wilson
Foraging Behavior	232	(15)
Donald L. Kramer
The Evolutionary Ecology of Movement	247	(18)
Hugh Dingle
Marcel Holyoak
Part IV. Interspecific Interactions
Ecological Character Displacement	265	(12)
Dolph Schluter
Predator-Prey Interactions	277	(13)
Peter A. Abrams
Parasite-Host Interactions	290	(13)
Curtis M. Lively
Plant-Herbivore Interactions	303	(12)
May Berenbaum
Mutualisms	315	(16)
Judith L. Bronstein
The Geographic Dynamics of Coevolution	331	(16)
John N. Thompson
Part V. Adaptation to Anthropogenic Change
Pesticide Resistance	347	(14)
John A. McKenzie
Predicting the Outcome of Biological Control	361	(10)
Judith H. Myers
Evolutionary Conservation Biology	371	(14)
Philip W. Hedrick
References	385	(30)
Index	415