Dear ECOLOG-L:
The University of California Press is pleased to announce the publication of:
Lizards in an Evolutionary Tree: Ecology and Adaptive Radiation of Anoles
Jonathan B. Losos is Monique and Philip Lehner Professor for the
Study of Latin America in the Department of Organismic and
Evolutionary Biology, and Curator in Herpetology at the Museum of
Comparative Zoology at Harvard University.
http://go.ucpress.edu/Losos
Adaptive radiation, which results when a single ancestral species
gives rise to many descendants, each adapted to a different part of
the environment, is possibly the single most important source of
biological diversity in the living world. One of the best-studied
examples involves Caribbean Anolis lizards. With about 400 species,
Anolis has played an important role in the development of ecological
theory and has become a model system exemplifying the integration of
ecological, evolutionary, and behavioral studies to understand
evolutionary diversification. This major work, written by one of the
best-known investigators of Anolis, reviews and synthesizes an
immense literature. Jonathan B. Losos illustrates how different
scientific approaches to the questions of adaptation and
diversification can be integrated and examines evolutionary and
ecological questions of interest to a broad range of biologists.
Full information about the book, including the first chapter is
available online: http://go.ucpress.edu/Losos
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