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UNISALENTO991003470019707536 |
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Autore |
Grant, Peter R. |
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Evolution on islands / edited by Peter R. Grant |
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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xiv, 334 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm |
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Altri autori (Enti) |
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Royal Society <Great Britain> |
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Altri autori (Convegni) |
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Royal Society Discussion Meeting <1995 ; Great Britain> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Evolution (Biology) |
Island ecology |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"Based on contributions to a Royal Society Discussion Meeting in Dec. 1995" . - Pref. |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Patterns on islands and microevolution - The reproductive biology and genetics of island plants - Evolution of small mammals - The maintenance of genetic polymorphism in small island populations - Molecular and morphological evolution within small islands - Speciation - Natural selection and random genetic drift as causes of evolution on islands - Island hopping in Drosophila - Speciation and hybridization of birds on islands - Ecological speciation in postglacial fishes - How 'molecular leakage' can mislead us about island speciation - - Radiations, communities, and biogeography - Ecological and evolutionary determinants of the species-area relationship in Caribbean anoline lizards - Lake level fluctuations and speciation in rock-dwelling cichlid fish in Lake Tanganyika, East Africa - Islands in Amazonia - Biotic drift or the shifting balance- did forest islands drive the diversity of warningly coloured butterflies? - Adaptive plant evolution on islands - Epilogue and questions. |
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