The geographic mosaic of coevolution / John N. Thompson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thompson, John N.

Series:

Interspecific Interactions

Interspecific interactions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coevolution.

Evolution (Biology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (457 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Coevolution-reciprocal evolutionary change in interacting species driven by natural selection-is one of the most important ecological and genetic processes organizing the earth's biodiversity: most plants and animals require coevolved interactions with other species to survive and reproduce. The Geographic Mosaic of Coevolution analyzes how the biology of species provides the raw material for long-term coevolution, evaluates how local coadaptation forms the basic module of coevolutionary change, and explores how the coevolutionary process reshapes locally coevolving interactions across the earth's constantly changing landscapes. Picking up where his influential The Coevolutionary Process left off, John N. Thompsonsynthesizes the state of a rapidly developing science that integrates approaches from evolutionary ecology, population genetics, phylogeography, systematics, evolutionary biochemistry and physiology, and molecular biology. Using models, data, and hypotheses to develop a complete conceptual framework, Thompson also draws on examples from a wide range of taxa and environments, illustrating the expanding breadth and depth of research in coevolutionary biology.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Part 1. The Framework of Coevolutionary Biology

Part 2. Specific Hypotheses on the Classes of Coevolutionary Dynamics

Appendix: Major Hypotheses on Coevolution

Literature Cited

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-425) and index.

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

ISBN:

9780226797625

0226797627

9780226118697

022611869X

OCLC:

854520333