Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 296 pages
- Published by: Oxford University Press, USA
- Edition: 1st Edition December 7, 2000
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0198505221
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0198505228
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Book Dimensions:
9.1 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
- Weighs: 14.1 ounces
Product Review
[Schluter's] book is an ideal basis for graduate student seminar courses, and can both educate and spark spirited discussion finely crafted, deeply thoughtful. Evolution a scholarly work of great clarity and force of argument. It is essential reading for all students of evolution a book that will take its place near the ones by Dobzhansky, Lack, Mayr and Simpson that inspired it. Peter R. Grant, Quarterly Review of Biology in each decade, one book stands out in terms of its influence on the field of evolutionary biology Although only one-year old, this decade might have already produced its member of this pantheon: Dolph Schluter" The Ecology of Adaptive Radiation it will lead to new avenues of research and new ways of thinking about adaptive radiation. Jonathan B. Losos, Trends in Ecology and Evolution presents and impressively thorough evaluation of the empirical evidence that has accumulated since Simpson's snythesis an absolute "must read" for all graduate students in the fields of ecology and evolution and for anyone interested in evolutionary diversity. It will become a classic. Axel Meyer, Science should be read and regularly consulted by anybody interested in adaptive radiation, in natural selection, and in speciation. Konrad Bachmann, Plant Systematics and Evolution
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"Schluter succinctly and clearly details the progress that has been made toward a theory of adaptive radiation during the last five decades. He also offers readers an abundant supply of fresh concepts and methods that will facilitate further progress. [This] is an absolute 'must read' for all graduate students in the fields of ecology and evolution and for anyone interested in evolutionary diversity. It will become a classic."--Science
"Adaptive radiation is defined as the evolution of ecological diversity within a rapidly multiplying lineage. Dolph Schluter aims to examine the evidence assembled over the succeeding half-century for what he calls 'the ecological theory' of adaptive radiation, which proposes that both the origin of species and the evolution of phenotypic differences are caused by divergent natural selection, driven by environmental differences and interspecific competition. I found Schluter's book concise and well written, in the 'journal review article style' of the Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution. Researchers in the field should find the volume indispensable for the clarity with which the author summarises existing information and shows just what has and has not been supported by empirical evidence. Seemingly plausible ideas are often less well supported than one might expect. Essential reading for anyone interested in the topic, from advanced undergraduates onwards."--Heredity
"[A] comprehensive and up-to-date review of the evidence for character displacement, and an assessment of the evidence for evolutionary trends in adaptive radiations using phylogenetic approaches. Various strong points will make this volume indispensable for ecologists. the design of the book allows for synthesis across diverse natural systems, while each aspect of theory is treated separately."--Ecology
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