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Evolutionary Ecology - The Trinidadian Guppy (Paperback)
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Evolutionary Ecology - The Trinidadian Guppy (Paperback)
Series: Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution
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This book celebrates the guppy's unique contribution to
evolutionary ecology. Ever since Caryl Haskins described guppy
populations as a 'natural experiment' because of the way predation
pressure varies over a small geographical area, generations of
researchers have been drawn to Trinidad to investigate evolution in
the wild. The species continues to provide classic examples of
natural selection in action and elegantly illustrates how ecology,
evolution, and behaviour are interlinked.
Anne Magurran's account of the evolutionary ecology of the guppy
integrates historical breakthroughs with new research in this
fast-moving field. She reveals how guppies provided some of the
first evidence of sperm competition and sexual selection, and how
they continue to inform scientific thought on mating systems and
cryptic choice. The consequences of variation in predation risk--as
well as a host of other biotic and abiotic factors--are described
and evaluated at all life stages from conception to death. The book
discusses behavioural responses to ecological conditions alongside
life history patterns. It examines the potential for ecological
speciation and discusses new research into how reproductive
isolating mechanisms become established in promiscuous mating
systems. Conservation issues are also considered, both in terms of
protecting the irreplaceable Trinidadian guppy system and in the
context of invasion ecology.
This timely synthesis of research into a species that has raised
key questions in evolutionary ecology will be of great interest to
graduate level students as well as professional researchers in the
fields of behavioural ecology and evolutionary biology.
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