Discovering Evolutionary Ecology: Bringing Together Ecology and Evolution

ISBN-13: 9780198525288 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 234 str.

Peter J. Mayhew

Opis

A concise, rigorous, and readable introduction to evolutionary ecology, a field of questions united by the intermix of evolutionary and ecological knowledge. Although not designed as a textbook, the author's enthusiastic and accessible style will inspire students (both undergraduate and graduate) to use the book in conjunction with the primary literture and more extensive reviews of individual topics.

Recenzje

This book is a well-documented overview of evolutionary biology for both students and researchers. Michel Cuisin MAMMALIA

O autorze

Peter Mayhew read Zoology at Oxford, and did his Ph.D. at Imperial College, London, studying reproductive behaviour in insects. He spent two years as a researcher at Leiden in the Netherlands, before becoming a Lecturer in Ecology at the University of York. His research combines many aspects of ecology and evolution, and includes life histories, behaviour, macroevolution, macroecology and conservation biology. He is married to Emese and has two daughters, Alice and Lara.