Introduction to population biology /
How do plant and animal populations change genetically to evolve and adapt to their local environments? How do populations grow and interact with one another through competition and predation? How does behavior influence ecology and evolution? This second edition of Dick Neal's unique textbook...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
[2019]
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Part I : Evolution by natural selection. Darwin questions the fixity of species
- Darwin's evolutionary theories
- Understanding natural selection
- Part II : Population growth models. Exponential growth
- Logistic growth
- Life tables
- Growth of age-structured and stage-structured populations
- Evolution of life histories
- Part III : Population genetics and evolution. The Hardy-Weinberg principle
- Mutation and the genetic variation of populations
- Genetic drift and effective population size
- Inbreeding
- Migration, gene flow and differentiation of populations
- Haploid and zygotic selection
- Applying zygotic selection models to natural systems
- Polygenic inheritance and quantitative genetics
- Population genetics ; summary and synthesis
- Part IV : Interactions between species, and community structure. Interspecific competition
- Predator-prey interactions
- Species interactions and community structure
- Part V : Animal behaviour, altruism and sexual selection. Animal behaviour, altruism and limiting aggression
- Sexual selection and mating systems
- Epilogue.