Ecology and Evolution of Darwin's Finches (Princeton Science Library Edition) : : Princeton Science Library Edition / / Peter R. Grant.
After his famous visit to the Galápagos Islands, Darwin speculated that "one might fancy that, from an original paucity of birds in this archipelago, one species had been taken and modified for different ends." This book is the classic account of how much we have since learned about the ev...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2017] ©1986 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Science Library ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (512 p.) :; 20 color illus. 117 halftones 101 line illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter One. Introduction
- Chapter Two. Characteristics of the Islands
- Chapter Three. General Characteristics and Distributions of Finches
- Chapter Four. Patterns of Morphological Variation
- Chapter Five. Growth and Development
- Chapter Six. Beak Sizes, Beak Shapes, and Diets
- Chapter Seven. The Importance of Food to Finch Populations
- Chapter Eight. Population Variation and Natural Selection
- Chapter Nine. Species-Recognition and Mate Choice
- Chapter Ten. Evolution and Speciation
- Chapter Eleven. Ecological Interactions during Speciation
- Chapter Twelve. Competition and Finch Communities
- Chapter Thirteen. The Evolution of Reproductive Isolation
- Chapter Fourteen. Adaptation: Body Size, Plumage Coloration, and Other Traits
- Chapter Fifteen. Reconstruction of Phylogeny
- Chapter Sixteen. Recapitulation and Generalization
- Appendix: Spanish and English Names of the Major Galapagos Islands
- References
- Author Index
- Subject Index