| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 507 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) |
| Series |
Organisms and environments ; 10 |
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Organisms and environments ; 10.
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| Contents |
Foreword / by Harry W. Greene -- Prologue : the case for Anolis -- Evolutionary biology as a historical science -- Meet the anoles! -- Five anole faunas, part one : greater Antillean ecomorphs -- Five anole faunas, part two : the other four -- Phylogenetics, evolutionary inference, and anole relationships -- Phylogenetic perspective on the timing and biogeography of anole evolution -- Evolution of ecomorphological diversity -- Cradle to grave : anole life history and population biology -- Social behavior, sexual selection, and sexual dimorphism -- Habitat use -- Ecology and adaptive radiation -- Natural selection and microevolution -- Form, function, and adaptive radiation -- Speciation and geographic differentiation -- The evolution of an adaptive radiation -- The five faunas reconsidered -- Are anoles special, if so, why? -- Afterword |
| Summary |
Adaptive radiation, which results when a single ancestral species gives rise to many descendants, each adapted to a different part of the environment, is possibly the single most important source of biological diversity in the living world. One of the best-studied examples involves Caribbean Anolis lizards. With about 400 species, Anolis has played an important role in the development of ecological theory and has become a model system exemplifying the integration of ecological, evolutionary, and behavioral studies to understand evolutionary diversification. This major work, written by one of t |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-494) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Adaptive radiation (Evolution)
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Anoles -- Evolution
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Anoles -- Ecology
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Anoles -- Adaptation
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NATURE -- Animals -- Reptiles & Amphibians.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Evolution.
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Adaptive radiation (Evolution)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780520943735 |
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0520943732 |
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