{"product_id":"ecology-and-evolution-of-darwins-finches-princeton-science-library-edition-9780691607979","title":"Ecology and Evolution of Darwins Finches","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Peter Grant – Winner of the 2017 Royal Medal in Biology, The Royal Society\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword xi  Preface to the 1999 Edition xv  Preface xvii  ONE Introduction 3  Charles Darwin, 6 After Darwin, 9. The first synthesis, 9. Evolutionary inference, 10. Plan of the book, 12.  TWO Characteristics of the Islands 19  Origins and ages, 19. Distribution and sizes, 21. Climate, 21. Plants, 2Z Vegetation, 28. Changes in the past, 29. Changes in recent times, 30. Cocos Island, 31 Summary, 31.  THREE General Characteristics and Distributions of Finches 45  The main groups, 45. Genera, 51. Species, 51. Subspecies, 60. Distributions, 60. Patterns among the islands, 62. Extinctions, 64. Other land birds, 64. Summary, 65.  FOUR Patterns of Morphological Variation 77  Introduction, 77. The major simple patterns, 77 The minor simple patterns, 79. Correlations between traits, 79. Size, 80. Allometry, 82. Shape, 82. Multivariate shape variation, 89. Geographical variation in size, 92. Summary, 95.  FIVE Growth and Development 100  Introduction, 100. Variation in egg size, 100. Absolute growth, 102. Relative growth, 106. Summary, 111.  SIX Beak Sizes, Beak Shapes, and Diets 113  Introduction, 113. Feeding mechanics, 113. Feeding types, 116. Ecological significance of beak differences between species, 117. Dietary differences between species, 118. Dietary differences between populations of the same species, 128. Dietary differences among individuals in a variable population, 132. Summary, 138.  SEVEN The Importance of Food to Finch Populations 147  Introduction, 147. Plant phenology in the and zone, 147 Finch phenology, 148. Finch populations in relation to food supply, 152. Extreme conditions, 152. Food limitation of population sizes, 154. The frequency of food limitation, 168. Other factors limiting finch populations, 171. Interspecific competition for food, 173. Summary, 173.  EIGHT Population Variation and Natural Selection 175  Introduction, 175. Relative variation, 175. Theoretical background, 177. Field studies, 180. Genetic variation, 180. Natural selection, 183. Sexual selection, 192. Countervailing selection, 193. A summary of selection pressures, 195. Sexual dimorphism, 196. Genetic drift, 197. Enhancement of genetic variation, 199, Variation in relation to abundance, 20Z Other species, 208. Summary, 219.  NINE Species-Recognition and Mate Choice 222  Introduction, 222. The possible cues used in species-recognition, 222. Morphological cues, 224. Song, 251. Song and bill morphology as species cues, 241. Imprinting, 242. The learning of heterotypic song, 244. Misimprinting, 246 Beyond species-recognition: mate choice, 249. Summary, 251.  TEN Evolution and Speciation 253  Evolution, 253. Origins, 253 The number of species, 256 The pattern of speciation, 257 The time framework 260. Allopatric speciation, 263. Alternative models of speciation, 273. Parapatric speciation, 274. Sympatric speciation, 275. Alternatives to gradual genetic change, 280. Conclusions and summary, 283.  ELEVEN Ecological Interactions during Speciation 285  Introduction, 285. Ecological isolation, 285. Causes of initial differentiation, 286. An alternative view, 288. Differentiation entirely in allopatry, 289. The food supply hypothesis, 291. Lack's evidence for competition, 294. Tests of the competition hypothesis, 300. Different explanations reconciled, 310. Conclusions and summary, 312.  TWELVE Competition and Finch Communities 314  Introduction, 314. Combinations of species, 315. Structure determined by competition, 317 Minimum differences between coexisting species, 321. Greater than minimum differences, 323. A digression on methods of analysis, and on bias, 328 Predictive models, 331. The classical case of character release, 340. Conclusions and summary, 346  THIRTEEN The Evolution of Reproductive Isolation 348  Introduction, 348. Experimental tests, 348. Implications of the experimental results, 350. Reinforcement? 353. Absence of speciesfrom islands, 354. Summary, 355.  FOURTEEN Adaptation: Body Size, Plumage Coloration, and Other Traits 357  Introduction, 357 Historical survey, 358. Body size, 359. Plumage, 364. Otherfeatures, 371. Summary, 373.  FIFTEEN Reconstruction of Phylogeny 375  Introduction, 375. Reconstructing the process of morphological divergence, 375. Comparison with contemporary selection, 379. Further evolution, 380. Ontogeny, 381. Phylogeny. 383. Summary, 387.  SIXTEEN Recapitulation and Generalization 389  Introduction, 389. Patterns and processes among modem finches, 389. Evolution, 397 Generalizations, 401.  APPENDIX: Spanish and English Names of the Major Galapagos Islands 413  Afterword 415  References 449  Author Index 471  Subject Index 476  Color Plates Following page 16","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403949908311,"sku":"9780691607979","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ecology-and-evolution-of-darwins-finches-princeton-science-library-edition-9780691607979","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}