Speciation in Birds
Autor Trevor Priceen Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 iun 2007 – vârsta ani
In
Speciation
in
Birds,
Trevor
Price,
a
University
of
Chicago
professor
and
leading
expert
in
the
field,
has
written
the
most
authoritative
and
modern
synthesis
on
the
subject
to
date.
In
clear
and
engaging
prose
and
through
beautiful
illustrations,
Price
shows
us
why
the
field
is
as
exciting
and
vibrant
as
ever.
He
evaluates
the
roles
of
natural
selection
and
sexual
selection.
He
asks
how
speciation
contributes
to
some
of
the
great
patterns
in
species
diversity
such
as
the
large
number
of
species
in
the
tropics,
and
the
many
endemic
species
on
isolated
islands.
Throughout
the
book,
Price
emphasizes
the
integration
of
behavior,
ecology,
and
genetics.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780974707785
ISBN-10: 0974707783
Pagini: 480
Ilustrații: 50
Dimensiuni: 251 x 191 x 28 mm
Greutate: 1.27 kg
Ediția:1st Edition
Editura: Roberts and Company Publishers
Colecția Roberts and Company Publishers
ISBN-10: 0974707783
Pagini: 480
Ilustrații: 50
Dimensiuni: 251 x 191 x 28 mm
Greutate: 1.27 kg
Ediția:1st Edition
Editura: Roberts and Company Publishers
Colecția Roberts and Company Publishers
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Recenzii
“As
the
literature
in
any
field
explodes
there
is
simultaneously
an
increasing
need
for
synthesis
yet
an
increasing
difficulty
in
achieving
it.
This
is
certainly
true
for
the
ever-popular
subject
of
ornithology.
Trevor
Price
takes
up
the
challenge
to
explain
how
birds
speciate,
and
succeeds
magnificently.
It
is
a
comprehensive
review
of
all
the
major
ideas,
beautifully
illustrated
with
pictures
of
birds.
More
than
1300
works
are
cited,
but
more
impressive
is
the
range
of
subjects,
from
genetics
to
biogeography,
from
the
reconstruction
of
phylogeny
to
ecology
and
the
causes
of
reproductive
isolation,
all
discussed
with
admirable
clarity.
If
they
were
alive
today
Ernst
Mayr
would
bestow
patrician
approval
on
this
work
of
scholarship,
and
Theodosius
Dobzhansky
would
applaud
from
the
side-lines.”
– Peter R. Grant, Class of 1877 Professor of Zoology, Princeton University, and the author of Ecology and Evolution of Darwin's Finches
– Peter R. Grant, Class of 1877 Professor of Zoology, Princeton University, and the author of Ecology and Evolution of Darwin's Finches
Notă biografică
Trevor
Price
has
spent
his
professional
career
studying
speciation
in
birds,
working
for
his
doctoral
thesis
on
the
famous
adaptive
radiation
of
Darwin’s
finches
in
the
Galapagos
Islands.
For
the
past
20
years
he
has
been
studying
speciation
and
adaptive
radiation
in
the
Himalayas.
He
is
Professor
of
Biology
at
the
University
of
Chicago.
Cuprins
1. Introduction
2. Geography and Ecology
3. Geographical variation
4. Parapatric Speciation
5. Ecological speciation
6. Ecological controls and speciation on continents
7. Behavior and ecology
8. Geographical isolation and the causes of island endemism
9. Social Selection
10. Social selection and the evolution of song
11. Divergence in response to increased sexual selection
12. Social selection and ecology
13. Species recognition
14. Mate choice at the end of speciation
15. Hybrid zones
16. Genetic incompatibility
17. Conclusions
2. Geography and Ecology
3. Geographical variation
4. Parapatric Speciation
5. Ecological speciation
6. Ecological controls and speciation on continents
7. Behavior and ecology
8. Geographical isolation and the causes of island endemism
9. Social Selection
10. Social selection and the evolution of song
11. Divergence in response to increased sexual selection
12. Social selection and ecology
13. Species recognition
14. Mate choice at the end of speciation
15. Hybrid zones
16. Genetic incompatibility
17. Conclusions
Descriere
In Speciation in Birds, Trevor Price, a University of Chicago professor and leading expert in the field, has written the most authoritative and modern synthesis on the subject to date. In clear and engaging prose and through beautiful illustrations, Price shows us why the field is as exciting and vibrant as ever. He evaluates the roles of natural selection and sexual selection. He asks how speciation contributes to some of the great patterns in species diversity such as the large number of species in the tropics, and the many endemic species on isolated islands. Throughout the book, Price emphasizes the integration of behavior, ecology, and genetics.