Discovering evolutionary ecology : bringing together ecology and evolution / Peter J. Mayhew.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mayhew, Peter J., author.

Series:

Oxford biology.

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford biology

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ecology.

Evolution (Biology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (228 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text provides a concise and readable introduction to evolutionary ecology, a field of questions united by the intermix of evolutionary and ecological knowledge.

Contents:

CONTENTS; 1 Where two fields meet; 2 Evolutionary cover-stories; 3 Brave new worlds; 4 Traits, invariants, and theories of everything; 5 Sons, daughters, and distorters; 6 Voyagers, residents, and sleepers; 7 Doing adaptive things; 8 Evolution and numbers; 9 A world of specialists; 10 The good, the bad, and the commensal; 11 Evolving together; 12 Birth of species; 13 Death of species; 14 Big evolution; 15 Big ecology; 16 Combining in diversity; REFERENCES; GLOSSARY; INDEX;

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2006.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

1-383-03004-9

1-280-86988-7

0-19-152470-0

1-4356-0968-9

OCLC:

476260488