Evolution on islands / edited by Peter R. Grant
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| Autore: |
Grant, Peter R.
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| Titolo: |
Evolution on islands / edited by Peter R. Grant
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998 |
| Descrizione fisica: | xiv, 334 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm |
| Disciplina: | 578.09 |
| Soggetto topico: | Evolution (Biology) |
| Island ecology | |
| Altri autori (Enti): | Royal Society <Great Britain> |
| Altri autori (Convegni): | Royal Society Discussion Meeting <1995 ; Great Britain> |
| Note generali: | "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. | |
| ISBN: | 0198501714 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 991003470019707536 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. del Salento |
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