Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/DONV9C Lizards in an Evolutionary Tree Ecology and Adaptive Radiation of Anoles By: Jonathan Losos Publisher: University of California Press Print ISBN: 9780520269842, 0520269845 eText ISBN: 9780520943735, 0520943732 Edition: 1st Pages: 528 Copyright year: 2009 Format: PDF Available from $ 65.00 USD SKU 9780520943735 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. Additional ISBNs 9780520255913, 0520255917
