Evolution illuminated : salmon and their relatives / / edited by Andrew P. Hendry, Stephen C. Stearns

• Pubblicazione: New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2004; ©2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (521 p.)
• Disciplina: 597.5/5138
• Soggetto topico: Salmonidae - Evolution; Fish populations
• Persona (resp. second.): HendryA. P (Andrew P.); StearnsS. C <1946-> (Stephen C.)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Contributors; Introduction: The Salmonid Contribution to Key Issues in Evolution; 1 Life Histories, Evolution, and Salmonids; 2 The Evolution of Philopatry and Dispersal: Homing versus Straying in Salmonids; 3 To Sea or Not to Sea? Anadromy versus Non-Anadromy in Salmonids; 4 Evolution of Egg Size and Number; 5 Norms of Reaction and Phenotypic Plasticity in Salmonid Life Histories; 6 Ecological Theory of Adaptive Radiation: An Empirical Assessment from Coregonine Fishes (Salmoniformes); 7 From Macro- to Micro-Evolution: Tempo and Mode in Salmonid Evolution ; 8 Evolution in Mixed Company: Evolutionary Inferences from Studies of Natural Hybridization in Salmonidae9 Salmonid Breeding Systems; 10 Salmonid Insights into Effective Population Size; 11 Evolution of Chinook Salmon Life History under Size-Selective Harvest; 12 Conservation Units and Preserving Diversity; 13 Toward Evolutionary Management: Lessons from Salmonids; Appendix 1: Straying Rates of Anadromous Salmonids; Appendix 2: Genetic Differentiation among Conspecific Salmonid Populations at Nuclear DNA Loci; Appendix 3: Differences between Anadromous and Non-Anadromous Salmonids; References ; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This work gives a critical overview on the evolution and population biology of salmon and their relatives. It should appeal to investigators in each of the scientific disciplines it integrates - evolutionary biology, ecology, salmonid biology, management and conservation. Variation in salmonids can be used to illustrate virtually all evolution.
• Titolo autorizzato: Evolution illuminated
• ISBN: 0-19-770090-X; 1-280-53151-7; 0-19-534383-2; 1-4337-0105-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784663003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II