Adaptive Diversification

by Michael Doebeli

Understanding the mechanisms driving biological diversity remains a central problem in ecology and evolutionary biology. Traditional explanations assume that differences in selection pressures lead to different adaptations in geographically separated locations. This book takes a different approach and explores adaptive diversification--diversification rooted in ecological interactions and frequency-dependent selection. In any ecosystem, birth and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691128944
• ISBN13: 9780691128948
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.2"