Integrating Ecology and Evolution in a Spatial Context: 14th Special Symposium of the British Ecological Society - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0632058242 ISBN 13: 9780632058242

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2001

Synopsis

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, the metapopulation and 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, all of the questions addressed in this volume are equally applicable to animals and several authors write about both. 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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Book Description

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, international experts in the field of population biology aim to advance our understanding of ecological and evolutionary processes in a common frame of reference: space.

About the Author

Jonathan Silvertown is Professor of Ecology at the Open University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0632058242
• ISBN 13: 9780632058242
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448
• Editor: Silvertown Jonathan, Antonovics Janis