Lizards in an Evolutionary Tree - Ecology and Adaptive Radiation of Anoles (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Organisms and Environments, 10
Release date:	February 2011
First published:	February 2011
Authors:	Jonathan Losos
Foreword by:	Harry W. Greene
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 36mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	528
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-26984-2
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Evolution Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > Vertebrates > Reptiles
LSN:	0-520-26984-5
Barcode:	9780520269842

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