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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 25 August 2005
- ISBN 9780198527862
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages224 pages
- Size 234x156x13 mm
- Weight 453 g
- Language English
- Illustrations numerous line drawings and tables, 1 map 0
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Short description:
Anne Magurran's account of the evolutionary ecology of the guppy integrates historical breakthroughs with new research in this fast-moving field. She reveals how guppies provided some of the first evidence of sperm competition and sexual selection, and how they continue to inform scientific thought on mating systems and cryptic choice. The book also covers the consequences of variation in predation risk, the potential for ecological speciation, and conservation issues, among many other topics. This timely synthesis of research into a species that has raised key questions in evolutionary ecology will be of great interest to graduate level students as well as professional researchers in the fields of behavioural ecology and evolutionary biology.
MoreLong description:
This book celebrates the guppy's unique contribution to evolutionary ecology. Ever since Caryl Haskins described guppy populations as a 'natural experiment' because of the way predation pressure varies over a small geographical area, generations of researchers have been drawn to Trinidad to investigate evolution in the wild. The species continues to provide classic examples of natural selection in action and elegantly illustrates how ecology, evolution, and behaviour are interlinked.
Anne Magurran's account of the evolutionary ecology of the guppy integrates historical breakthroughs with new research in this fast-moving field. She reveals how guppies provided some of the first evidence of sperm competition and sexual selection, and how they continue to inform scientific thought on mating systems and cryptic choice. The consequences of variation in predation risk--as well as a host of other biotic and abiotic factors--are described and evaluated at all life stages from conception to death. The book discusses behavioural responses to ecological conditions alongside life history patterns. It examines the potential for ecological speciation and discusses new research into how reproductive isolating mechanisms become established in promiscuous mating systems. Conservation issues are also considered, both in terms of protecting the irreplaceable Trinidadian guppy system and in the context of invasion ecology.
This timely synthesis of research into a species that has raised key questions in evolutionary ecology will be of great interest to graduate level students as well as professional researchers in the fields of behavioural ecology and evolutionary biology.
This book serves well as a benchmark in the ascent of guppies as a model organism by providing a concise well written summary of this variation among populations, plus other key research on this species.
Table of Contents:
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Ecology of the guppy in Trinidad
Evading predators
Reproduction
Life history
Reproductive isolation
Conservation of diversity
Postscript and prospects
References
