Ecology And Evolution Of Darwin S Finches

Author : Peter R. Grant
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 482 pages
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Release : 2017-03-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781400886715

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Ecology and Evolution of Darwin's Finches (Princeton Science Library Edition) by Peter R. Grant Pdf

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 evolution of these remarkable birds. Based upon over a decade's research, Grant shows how interspecific competition and natural selection act strongly enough on contemporary populations to produce observable and measurable evolutionary change. In this new edition, Grant outlines new discoveries made in the thirteen years since the book's publication. Ecology and Evolution of Darwin's Finches is an extraordinary account of evolution in action. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Peter R. Grant
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2008-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1422394220

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Ecology and Evolution of Darwin's Finches by Peter R. Grant Pdf

Contents: Introduction: Charles Darwin, After Darwin, The First Synthesis, & Evolutionary Interference; Characteristics of the Islands; General Characteristics & Distributions of Finches; Patterns of Morphological Variation; Growth & Development; Beak Sizes, Beak Shapes, & Diets; Importance of Food to Finch Populations; Population Variation & Natural Selection; Species-Recognition & Mate Choice; Evolution & Speciation; Ecological Interactions during Speciation; Competition & Finch Communities; Evolution of Reproductive Isolation; Adaptation: Body Size, Plumage & Coloration; Reconstruction of Phylogeny; Recapitulation & Generalization. Appendix: Spanish & English Names of the Major Galapagos Islands. Color plates.

Author : Peter R. Grant,B. Rosemary Grant
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780691160467

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40 Years of Evolution by Peter R. Grant,B. Rosemary Grant Pdf

An important look at a groundbreaking forty-year study of Darwin's finches Renowned evolutionary biologists Peter and Rosemary Grant have produced landmark studies of the Galápagos finches first made famous by Charles Darwin. In How and Why Species Multiply, they offered a complete evolutionary history of Darwin's finches since their origin almost three million years ago. Now, in their richly illustrated new book, 40 Years of Evolution, the authors turn their attention to events taking place on a contemporary scale. By continuously tracking finch populations over a period of four decades, they uncover the causes and consequences of significant events leading to evolutionary changes in species. The authors used a vast and unparalleled range of ecological, behavioral, and genetic data—including song recordings, DNA analyses, and feeding and breeding behavior—to measure changes in finch populations on the small island of Daphne Major in the Galápagos archipelago. They find that natural selection happens repeatedly, that finches hybridize and exchange genes rarely, and that they compete for scarce food in times of drought, with the remarkable result that the finch populations today differ significantly in average beak size and shape from those of forty years ago. The authors' most spectacular discovery is the initiation and establishment of a new lineage that now behaves as a new species, differing from others in size, song, and other characteristics. The authors emphasize the immeasurable value of continuous long-term studies of natural populations and of critical opportunities for detecting and understanding rare but significant events. By following the fates of finches for several generations, 40 Years of Evolution offers unparalleled insights into ecological and evolutionary changes in natural environments.

Author : Peter R. Grant
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0691048665

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Ecology and Evolution of Darwin's Finches by Peter R. Grant Pdf

This text looks at how much has been learnt about the Darwin's Finch since Darwin's initial observations. It shows how interspecific competition and natural selection produce observable and measurable evolutionary change.

Author : David Lack
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1983-01-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521252431

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Darwin's Finches by David Lack Pdf

David Lack's classic work on the finches of the Galapagos Islands (Darwin's Finches) was first published in 1947; few books have had such a great impact on evolutionary biology, indeed it is still one of the most succinct and fascinating treatises ever written about the origin of new species. The 1947 version is reproduced with facsimile pages of the original text, tables and line illustrations. The major feature of this reprint is the additional material supplied by Dr Peter Boag and Dr Laurene Ratcliffe who have both completed studies on the Galapagos. The readership will comprise students of evolution and ecology and those interested in the history of evolutionary thought. Amateur ornithologists and tourists visiting the Galapagos Islands will find this account fascinating.

Author : Kathleen Donohue
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2011-06-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780226157719

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Darwin's Finches by Kathleen Donohue Pdf

Two species come to mind when one thinks of the Galapagos Islands—the giant tortoises and Darwin’s fabled finches. While not as immediately captivating as the tortoises, these little brown songbirds and their beaks have become one of the most familiar and charismatic research systems in biology, providing generations of natural historians and scientists a lens through which to view the evolutionary process and its role in morphological differentiation. In Darwin’s Finches, Kathleen Donohue excerpts and collects the most illuminating and scientifically significant writings on the finches of the Galapagos to teach the fundamental principles of evolutionary theory and to provide a historical record of scientific debate. Beginning with fragments of Darwin’s Galapagos field notes and subsequent correspondence, and moving through the writings of such famed field biologists as David Lack and Peter and Rosemary Grant, the collection demonstrates how scientific processes have changed over time, how different branches of biology relate to one another, and how they all relate to evolution. As Donohue notes, practicing science today is like entering a conversation that has been in progress for a long, long time. Her book provides the history of that conversation and an invitation to join in. Students of both evolutionary biology and history of science will appreciate this compilation of historical and contemporary readings and will especially value Donohue’s enlightening commentary.

Author : Peter R. Grant,B. Rosemary Grant
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781400851300

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40 Years of Evolution by Peter R. Grant,B. Rosemary Grant Pdf

Renowned evolutionary biologists Peter and Rosemary Grant have produced landmark studies of the Galápagos finches first made famous by Charles Darwin. In How and Why Species Multiply, they offered a complete evolutionary history of Darwin's finches since their origin almost three million years ago. Now, in their richly illustrated new book, 40 Years of Evolution, the authors turn their attention to events taking place on a contemporary scale. By continuously tracking finch populations over a period of four decades, they uncover the causes and consequences of significant events leading to evolutionary changes in species. The authors used a vast and unparalleled range of ecological, behavioral, and genetic data--including song recordings, DNA analyses, and feeding and breeding behavior--to measure changes in finch populations on the small island of Daphne Major in the Galápagos archipelago. They find that natural selection happens repeatedly, that finches hybridize and exchange genes rarely, and that they compete for scarce food in times of drought, with the remarkable result that the finch populations today differ significantly in average beak size and shape from those of forty years ago. The authors' most spectacular discovery is the initiation and establishment of a new lineage that now behaves as a new species, differing from others in size, song, and other characteristics. The authors emphasize the immeasurable value of continuous long-term studies of natural populations and of critical opportunities for detecting and understanding rare but significant events. By following the fates of finches for several generations, 40 Years of Evolution offers unparalleled insights into ecological and evolutionary changes in natural environments.

Author : Peter R. Grant,B. Rosemary Grant
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781400837946

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How and Why Species Multiply by Peter R. Grant,B. Rosemary Grant Pdf

Charles Darwin's experiences in the Galápagos Islands in 1835 helped to guide his thoughts toward a revolutionary theory: that species were not fixed but diversified from their ancestors over many generations, and that the driving mechanism of evolutionary change was natural selection. In this concise, accessible book, Peter and Rosemary Grant explain what we have learned about the origin and evolution of new species through the study of the finches made famous by that great scientist: Darwin's finches. Drawing upon their unique observations of finch evolution over a thirty-four-year period, the Grants trace the evolutionary history of fourteen different species from a shared ancestor three million years ago. They show how repeated cycles of speciation involved adaptive change through natural selection on beak size and shape, and divergence in songs. They explain other factors that drive finch evolution, including geographical isolation, which has kept the Galápagos relatively free of competitors and predators; climate change and an increase in the number of islands over the last three million years, which enhanced opportunities for speciation; and flexibility in the early learning of feeding skills, which helped species to exploit new food resources. Throughout, the Grants show how the laboratory tools of developmental biology and molecular genetics can be combined with observations and experiments on birds in the field to gain deeper insights into why the world is so biologically rich and diverse. Written by two preeminent evolutionary biologists, How and Why Species Multiply helps to answer fundamental questions about evolution--in the Galápagos and throughout the world.

Author : Jonathan Weiner
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781101872963

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The Beak of the Finch by Jonathan Weiner Pdf

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • A dramatic story of groundbreaking scientific research of Darwin's discovery of evolution that "spark[s] not just the intellect, but the imagination" (Washington Post Book World). “Admirable and much-needed.... Weiner’s triumph is to reveal how evolution and science work, and to let them speak clearly for themselves.”—The New York Times Book Review On a desert island in the heart of the Galapagos archipelago, where Darwin received his first inklings of the theory of evolution, two scientists, Peter and Rosemary Grant, have spent twenty years proving that Darwin did not know the strength of his own theory. For among the finches of Daphne Major, natural selection is neither rare nor slow: it is taking place by the hour, and we can watch. In this remarkable story, Jonathan Weiner follows these scientists as they watch Darwin's finches and come up with a new understanding of life itself. The Beak of the Finch is an elegantly written and compelling masterpiece of theory and explication in the tradition of Stephen Jay Gould.

Author : PETER R.. GRANT GRANT (B. ROSEMARY.),B Rosemary Grant
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 0 pages
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Release : 2024-11-12
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780691263229

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40 Years of Evolution by PETER R.. GRANT GRANT (B. ROSEMARY.),B Rosemary Grant Pdf

A new edition of Peter and Rosemary Grant's classic account of their groundbreaking forty-year study of Darwin's finches 40 Years of Evolution is a landmark study of the finches first made famous by Charles Darwin, one that documents as never before the evolution of species through natural selection. In this now-legendary study, renowned evolutionary biologists Peter and Rosemary Grant draw on a vast and unparalleled range of ecological, behavioral, and genetic data to continuously measure changes in finch populations over a period of four decades on the small island of Daphne Major in the Galápagos archipelago. In the years since the book's publication, the field of genomics has developed greatly. In this newly revised edition of 40 Years of Evolution, the Grants combine the results of their historic field study with genomic analyses of their primary findings, resolve unanswered questions from the field, and provide invaluable insights into the genetic basis of beak and body size variation and the history of this iconic adaptive radiation.

Author : Prassede Calabi
Publisher : Kendall Hunt
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Bioenergetics
ISBN : 078723561X

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Ecology: Evolution by Prassede Calabi Pdf

Author : Dolph Schluter
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2000-08-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780191588327

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The Ecology of Adaptive Radiation by Dolph Schluter Pdf

Adaptive radiation is the evolution of diversity within a rapidly multiplying lineage. It can cause a single ancestral species to differentiate into an impressively vast array of species inhabiting a variety of environments. Much of life's diversity has arisen during adaptive radiations. Some of the most famous recent examples include the East African cichlid fishes, the Hawaiian silverswords, and of course, Darwin's Gal--aacute--;pagos finches,. This book evaluates the causes of adaptive radiation. It focuses on the 'ecological' theory of adaptive radiation, a body of ideas that began with Darwin and was developed through the early part of the 20th Century. This theory proposes that phenotypic divergence and speciation in adaptive radiation are caused ultimately by divergent natural selection arising from differences in environment and competition between species. In The Ecology of Adaptive Radiation the author re-evaluates the ecological theory, along with its most significant extensions and challenges, in the light of all the recent evidence. This important book is the first full exploration of the causes of adaptive radiation to be published for decades, written by one of the world's best young evolutionary biologists.

Author : Ted Anderson
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780199922642

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The Life of David Lack by Ted Anderson Pdf

The first biography of David Lack, the father of evolutionary ecology and an acclaimed ornithologist

Author : George Christopher Williams
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780691185507

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Adaptation and Natural Selection by George Christopher Williams Pdf

Biological evolution is a fact—but the many conflicting theories of evolution remain controversial even today. When Adaptation and Natural Selection was first published in 1966, it struck a powerful blow against those who argued for the concept of group selection—the idea that evolution acts to select entire species rather than individuals. Williams’s famous work in favor of simple Darwinism over group selection has become a classic of science literature, valued for its thorough and convincing argument and its relevance to many fields outside of biology. Now with a new foreword by Richard Dawkins, Adaptation and Natural Selection is an essential text for understanding the nature of scientific debate.

Author : Laurence Mueller
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128160145

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Conceptual Breakthroughs in Evolutionary Ecology by Laurence Mueller Pdf

Although biologists recognize evolutionary ecology by name, many only have a limited understanding of its conceptual roots and historical development. Conceptual Breakthroughs in Evolutionary Ecology fills that knowledge gap in a thought-provoking and readable format. Written by a world-renowned evolutionary ecologist, this book embodies a unique blend of expertise in combining theory and experiment, population genetics and ecology. Following an easily-accessible structure, this book encapsulates and chronologizes the history behind evolutionary ecology. It also focuses on the integration of age-structure and density-dependent selection into an understanding of life-history evolution. Covers over 60 seminal breakthroughs and paradigm shifts in the field of evolutionary biology and ecology Modular format permits ready access to each described subject Historical overview of a field whose concepts are central to all of biology and relevant to a broad audience of biologists, science historians, and philosophers of science