Lizards in an Evolutionary Tree : Ecology and Adaptive Radiation of Anoles / Jonathan Losos.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Losos, Jonathan, Author.

Series:

Organisms and environments ; 10.

Organisms and Environments ; 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anoles--Adaptation.

Anoles.

Anoles--Ecology.

Anoles--Evolution.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (528 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2009]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Prologue: The Case For Anolis

1. Evolutionary Biology As A Historical Science

2. Meet The Anoles!

3. Five Anole Faunas, Part One: Greater Antillean Ecomorphs

4. Five Anole Faunas, Part Two: The Other Four

5. Phylogenetics, Evolutionary Inference, And Anole Relationships

6. Phylogenetic Perspective On The Timing And Biogeography Of Anole Evolution

7. Evolution Of Ecomorphological Diversity

8. Cradle To Grave: Anole Life History And Population Biology

9. Social Behavior, Sexual Selection, And Sexual Dimorphism

10. Habitat Use

11. Ecology And Adaptive Radiation

12. Natural Selection And Microevolution

13. Form, Function, And Adaptive Radiation

14. Speciation And Geographic Differentiation

15. The Evolution Of An Adaptive Radiation

16. The Five Faunas Reconsidered

17. Are Anoles Special, And If So, Why?

Afterword

References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 421-494) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9786612360954

9781282360952

1282360957

9780520943735

0520943732

OCLC:

574421085