Ecology and Evolution of Darwin's Finches (Princeton Science Library Edition) (eBook)

Princeton Science Library Edition

Peter R. Grant (Autor)

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2017 | Princeton Science Library Edition
512 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-8671-5 (ISBN)

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After his famous visit to the Galapagos Islands, Darwin speculated that "e;one might fancy that, from an original paucity of birds in this archipelago, one species had been taken and modified for different ends."e; This book is the classic account of how much we have since learned about the evolution of these remarkable birds. Based upon over a decade's research, Grant shows how interspecific competition and natural selection act strongly enough on contemporary populations to produce observable and measurable evolutionary change. In this new edition, Grant outlines new discoveries made in the thirteen years since the book's publication. Ecology and Evolution of Darwin's Finches is an extraordinary account of evolution in action.Originally published in 1986.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.3.2017
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Science Library
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Science Library
• Vorwort: Jonathan Weiner
• Zusatzinfo: 137 halftones. 101 line illus.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
• Schlagworte: adaptive Radiation • allopatric speciation • Anagenesis • Arthropod • Assortative Mating • Avian malaria • Barn Owl • Biological interaction • biologist • Biology • Biomass (ecology) • bird • Budgerigar • Camarhynchus • Carpenter bee • character displacement • Charles Darwin • Chromosomal rearrangement • Cladogenesis • Cocos finch • Daphne Major • darwin's finches • Directional selection • disruptive selection • Drosophila • Dry season • Ecology • Eurasian blue tit • Evolution • evolutionary biology • Evolutionary Radiation • female • Fitness (biology) • founder effect • Genetic architecture • genetic correlation • Genetic divergence • genetic drift • Genetic heterogeneity • genetic variance • genetic variation • Geospiza • Gleaning (birds) • Growth curve (biology) • Hawaiian honeycreeper • Hybrid (biology) • Hypothetical species • Invertebrate • Java sparrow • Large cactus finch • Magnirostris • Mangrove finch • Marine iguana • mate choice • mating • Medium ground finch • mockingbird • Modern evolutionary synthesis • mutation rate • Natural selection • Nuclear DNA • On the Origin of Species • Opuntia • Opuntia megasperma • Oryzomys • Parapatric speciation • Parrotbill • Peripatric speciation • Petiole (insect anatomy) • phenology • Phenotype • Phylogenetics • phylogenetic tree • plumage • Polymorphism (biology) • Polynomial Regression • Polytene chromosome • Princeton University • Psittacula • Quantitative genetics • reproductive isolation • Sexual Dimorphism • sexual reproduction • Sexual Selection • Sharp-beaked ground finch • Short-Eared Owl • Song sparrow • Speciation • species complex • Specific name (zoology) • Storm petrel • Sympatric speciation • sympatry • Taxonomy (biology) • Tit (bird) • Transmutation of species • Vegetarian finch • warbler • Woodpecker finch • Zooplankton
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-8671-6 / 1400886716
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-8671-5 / 9781400886715