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Evolution of Life Histories of Mammals - Theory and Pattern (Hardcover)
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Evolution of Life Histories of Mammals - Theory and Pattern (Hardcover)
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Mammals range in body size from the gigantic blue whale to the tiny
Etruscan shrew. Elephants and man may live for nearly one hundred
years, while most shrews die before they are three months old.
During the past decade, mammalogists and evolutionary biologists
have begun to unravel the numerous factors that shape the enormous
diversity of mammal life histories. In this volume, leading
scientists provide a variety of perspectives on the newest theories
in this active field of study. The principle uniting all studies of
life history evolution is adaptation by natural selection. The
first chapters in the book discuss this topic, offering
evolutionary interpretations of geographic variation in mammal life
histories, explaining how natural selection operates in fluctuating
environments, introducing evolutionary predictions of demographic
mathematics, and integrating life histories with behavioral
ecology. The next chapters offer functional interpretations of the
importance of body size in the life history. Next, several essays
explain how developments in quantitative genetics have enabled us
to distinguish between genetic and environmental components of
variation within and between species. With this as a basis, the
chapters that follow draw from principles of natural selection,
allometry, and genetics to interpret differences among species of
mammals. The book concludes with speculations on various areas
where research seems most urgent for the development of a
comprehensive understanding of mammal life history evolution.
According to the authors, the field is rich with questions, and
opportunities abound for both theoretical and empirical research.
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