Adaptive Speciation by Ulf Dieckmann
This book was first published in 2004. Unraveling the origin of biodiversity is fundamental for understanding our biosphere. This book clarifies how adaptive processes, rather than geographic isolation, can cause speciation. Adaptive speciation occurs when biological interactions induce disruptive selection and the evolution of assortative mating, thus triggering the splitting of lineages. Internationally recognized leaders in the field explain exciting developments in modeling speciation, together with celebrated examples of rapid speciation by natural selection. Written for students and researchers in biology, physics, and mathematics, this book is a groundbreaking treatment of modern speciation science.
"In the pile of recent speciation books that sit on the researcher's desk, this volume will be well worn with handwritten notes in the marginsExpect to highlight ideas for new directions in research, scribble exclamation points where known systems have been stretched thin to accommodate new ideas, and renew the appreciation for the importance of frequency-dependent selection." The Quarterly Review of Biology, Frank A. von Hippel
"...the utility of this book is great. It provides an overview of speciation theory from several points of view and provides summaries of some of the best empirical research programs on speciation." - Ecoscience, Patrik Nosil, Simon Fraser University
"...the utility of this book is great. It provides an overview of speciation theory from several points of view and provides summaries of some of the best empirical research programs on speciation." - Ecoscience, Patrik Nosil, Simon Fraser University
ULF DIECKMANN is Project Coordinator of the Adaptive Dynamics Network at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Laxenburg, Austria. MICHAEL DOEBELI works in the Departments of Mathematics and Zoology at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. JOHAN A.J. METZ is Professor of Mathematical Biology at the Institute of Evolutionary and Ecological Sciences at Leiden University. DIETHARD TAUTZ is at the Institut fur Genetik, at the Universitat zu Koln in Germany.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521828420 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521828422 |
| Title | Adaptive Speciation |
| Author | Ulf Dieckmann |
| Series | Cambridge Studies In Adaptive Dynamics |
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| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2004-09-02 |
| Number of pages | 476 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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