Integrating Ecology and Evolution in a Spatial Context

Janis Antonovics

ISBN 10: 0521840007 / ISBN 13: 9780521840002

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2001

About this Item

Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The profound consequences of the deceptively obvious statement that plants stand still but their genes don't are only just becoming clear. In this volume, an international team of authors, experts in the field of population biology, aim to advance our understanding of ecological and evolutionary processes by integrating them within a common frame of reference: space. Processes operating at three different spatial scales are examined: that of the population, metapopulation and the geographical range. Themes that recur at these different scales include spatial population dynamics, population genetics at boundaries, the imprint of spatial population dynamics upon genetic structure, adaptation, evolution of mating systems and the consequences of population genetics for ecological dynamics. Whilst the focus is largely on plants, the questions addressed are equally applicable to animals. It will be a valuable tool for researchers and advanced students, not only in this field, but also evolutionary biology and resource management.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Integrating Ecology and Evolution in a Spatial Context
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521840007
• ISBN 13: 9780521840002
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 250W x 175H x 28D millimeters 250 millimeters width by 175 millimeters height by 28 millimeters depth
• Weight: 930 grams

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Synopsis

This volume advances understanding of ecological and evolutionary processes in a common frame of reference--that of space. Relevant processes operating at the scale of the population, metapopulation, and the geographical range are accordingly examined. Although this study's focus is largely on plants, questions addressed are equally applicable to animals.

About the Authors

Jonathan Silvertown is Professor of Ecology at the Open University.

Dr Janis Antonovics is a Lewis and Clark Professor at the University of Virginia.