Lizards in an Evolutionary Tree : Ecology and Adaptive Radiation of Anoles (Organisms and Environments)

Losos, Jonathan/ Greene, Harry W. (FRW)

University of California Press（2011/02発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 528 p.／サイズ 158 color & 116 line illus.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780520269842
• DDC分類 597.9548138

基本説明

New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2009. This major work, written by one of the best-known investigators of Anolis, reviews and synthesizes an immense literature. Jonathan B. Losos illustrates how different scientific approaches to the questions of adaptation and diversification can be integrated and examines evolutionary and ecological questions of interest to a broad range of biologists.

Full Description

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 the best-known investigators of Anolis, reviews and synthesizes an immense literature. Jonathan B. Losos illustrates how different scientific approaches to the questions of adaptation and diversification can be integrated and examines evolutionary and ecological questions of interest to a broad range of biologists.