Integrating Ecology and Evolution in a Spatial Context by Jonathan Silvertown

Integrating Ecology and Evolution in a Spatial Context by Jonathan Silvertown

The profound consequences of the deceptively obvious statement that plants stand still but their genes don't are only just becoming clear. In this volume, an international team of authors, experts in the field of population biology, aim to advance our understanding of ecological and evolutionary processes by integrating them within a common frame of reference: space. Processes operating at three different spatial scales are examined: that of the population, metapopulation and the geographical range. Themes that recur at these different scales include spatial population dynamics, population genetics at boundaries, the imprint of spatial population dynamics upon genetic structure, adaptation, evolution of mating systems and the consequences of population genetics for ecological dynamics. Whilst the focus is largely on plants, the questions addressed are equally applicable to animals. It will be a valuable tool for researchers and advanced students, not only in this field, but also evolutionary biology and resource management.

Jonathan Silvertown is Professor of Ecology at the Open University. Dr Janis Antonovics is a Lewis and Clark Professor at the University of Virginia.

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ISBN 13	9780521549332
ISBN 10	0521549337
Title	Integrating Ecology and Evolution in a Spatial Context
Author	Jonathan Silvertown
Series	Symposia Of The British Ecological Society
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	2001-08-01
Number of pages	438
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