Peter A. Parsons, Parsons Peter Angas

The Evolutionary Biology of Colonizing Species

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Professor Parsons uses the colonizing species as a case study in the dynamics of microevolution at work in living systems.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Februar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 424g
• ISBN-13: 9780521272452
• ISBN-10: 0521272459
• Artikelnr.: 29022069

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Introduction: colonists and habitats
2. Genetics and ecology
3. Physical conditions, resources, and ecological phenotypes
4. Variability in natural populations
5. Genetic variability, ecological phenotypes, and stressful environments
6. Colonizing phenotypes and genotypes
7. Behavioural variability in natural populations
8. Habitat selection
9. The ecobehavioural phenotype: generalists and specialists
10. The ecobehavioural phenotype: biological control and domestication
11. Parasites and plants
12. Discussion and conclusions
Appendix
References
Index.