Note: Cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- List of Contributors -- Island Biogeography in the 1960s: Theory and Experiment -- Island Biogeography Theory: Reticulations and Reintegration of "a Biogeography of the Species" -- The MacArthur-Wilson Equilibrium Model: A Chronicle of What It Said and How It Was Tested -- A General Dynamic Theory of Oceanic Island Biogeography: Extending the MacArthur-Wilson Theory to Accommodate the Rise and Fall of Volcanic Islands -- The Trophic Cascade on Islands -- Toward a Trophic Island Biogeography: Reflections on the Interface of Island Biogeography and Food Web Ecology -- The Theories of Island Biogeography and Metapopulation Dynamics: Science Marches Forward, but the Legacy of Good Ideas Lasts for a Long Time -- Beyond Island Biogeography Theory: Understanding Habitat Fragmentation in the Real World -- Birds of the Solomon Islands: The Domain of the Dynamic Equilibrium Theory and Assembly Rules, with Comments on the Taxon Cycle -- Neutral Theory and the Theory of Island Biogeography -- Evolutionary Changes Following Island Colonization in Birds: Empirical Insights into the Roles of Microevolutionary Processes -- Sympatric Speciation, Immigration, and Hybridization in Island Birds -- Island Biogeography of Remote Archipelagoes: Interplay between Ecological and Evolutionary Processes -- Dynamics of Colonization and Extinction on Islands: Insights from Lesser Antillean Birds -- The Speciation-Area Relationship -- Ecological and Genetic Models of Diversity: Lessons across Disciplines -- Index.

Note: Intro -- The Princeton Guide to Ecology -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- Part I Autecology -- I.1 Ecological Niche -- I.2 Physiological Ecology: Animals -- I.3 Physiological Ecology: Plants -- I.4 Functional Morphology: Muscles, Elastic Mechanisms, and Animal Performance -- I.5 Habitat Selection -- I.6 Dispersal -- I.7 Foraging Behavior -- I.8 Social Behavior -- I.9 Phenotypic Plasticity -- I.10 Life History -- I.11 Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems -- I.12 Geographic Range -- I.13 Adaptation -- I.14 Phenotypic Selection -- I.15 Population Genetics and Ecology -- I.16 Phylogenetics and Comparative Methods -- I.17 Microevolution -- I.18 Ecological Speciation: Natural Selection and the Formation of New Species -- I.19 Adaptive Radiation -- Part II Population Ecology -- II.1 Age-Structured and Stage-Structured Population Dynamics -- II.2 Density Dependence and Single-Species Population Dynamics -- II.3 Biological Chaos and Complex Dynamics -- II.4 Metapopulations and Spatial Population Processes -- II.5 Competition and Coexistence in Plant Communities -- II.6 Competition and Coexistence in Animal Communities -- II.7 Predator-Prey Interactions -- II.8 Host-Parasitoid Interactions -- II.9 Ecological Epidemiology -- II.10 Interactions between Plants and Herbivores -- II.11 Mutualism and Symbiosis -- II.12 Ecology of Microbial Populations -- II.13 Coevolution -- Part III Communities and Ecosystems -- III.1 Biodiversity: Concepts, Patterns, and Measurement -- III.2 Competition, Neutrality, and Community Organization -- III.3 Predation and Community Organization -- III.4 Facilitation and the Organization of Plant Communities -- III.5 Indirect Effects in Communities and Ecosystems: The Role of Trophic and Nontrophic Interactions -- III.6 Top-Down and Bottom-Up Regulation of Communities. , III.7 The Structure and Stability of Food Webs -- III.8 Spatial and Metacommunity Dynamics in Biodiversity -- III.9 Ecosystem Productivity and Carbon Flows: Patterns across Ecosystems -- III.10 Nutrient Cycling and Biogeochemistry -- III.11 Terrestrial Carbon and Biogeochemical Cycles -- III.12 Freshwater Carbon and Biogeochemical Cycles -- III.13 The Marine Carbon Cycle -- III.14 Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning -- III.15 Ecological Stoichiometry -- III.16 Macroecological Perspectives on Communities and Ecosystems -- III.17 Alternative Stable States and Regime Shifts in Ecosystems -- III.18 Responses of Communities and Ecosystems to Global Changes -- III.19 Evolution of Communities and Ecosystems -- Part IV Landscapes and the Biosphere -- IV.1 Landscape Dynamics -- IV.2 Landscape Pattern and Biodiversity -- IV.3 Ecological Dynamics in Fragmented Landscapes -- IV.4 Biodiversity Patterns in Managed and Natural Landscapes -- IV.5 Boundary Dynamics in Landscapes -- IV.6 Spatial Patterns of Species Diversity in Terrestrial Environments -- IV.7 Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions in Landscapes -- IV.8 Seascape Patterns and Dynamics of Coral Reefs -- IV.9 Seascape Microbial Ecology: Habitat Structure, Biodiversity, and Ecosystem Function -- IV.10 Spatial Dynamics of Marine Fisheries -- Part V Conservation Biology -- V.1 Causes and Consequences of Species Extinctions -- V.2 Population Viability Analysis -- V.3 Principles of Reserve Design -- V.4 Building and Implementing Systems of Conservation Areas -- V.5 Marine Conservation -- V.6 Conservation and Global Climate Change -- V.7 Restoration Ecology -- Part VI Ecosystem Services -- VI.1 Ecosystem Services: Issues of Scale and Trade-Offs -- VI.2 Biodiversity, Ecosystem Functioning, and Ecosystem Services -- VI.3 Beyond Biodiversity: Other Aspects of Ecological Organization. , VI.4 Human-Dominated Systems: Agroecosystems -- VI.5 Forests -- VI.6 Grasslands -- VI.7 Marine Ecosystem Services -- VI.8 Provisioning Services: A Focus on Fresh Water -- VI.9 Regulating Services: A Focus on Disease Regulation -- VI.10 Support Services: A Focus on Genetic Diversity -- VI.11 The Economics of Ecosystem Services -- VI.12 Technological Substitution and Augmentation of Ecosystem Services -- VI.13 Conservation of Ecosystem Services -- Part VII Managing the Biosphere -- VII.1 Biological Control: Theory and Practice -- VII.2 Fisheries Management -- VII.3 Wildlife Management -- VII.4 Managing the Global Water System -- VII.5 Managing Nutrient Mobilization and Eutrophication -- VII.6 Managing Infectious Diseases -- VII.7 Agriculture, Land Use, and the Transformation of Planet Earth -- VII.8 The Ecology, Economics, and Management of Alien Invasive Species -- VII.9 Ecological Economics: Principles of Economic Policy Design for Ecosystem Management -- VII.10 Governance and Institutions -- VII.11 Assessments: Linking Ecology to Policy -- Milestones in Ecology -- Glossary -- Index.

Note: Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- Section I Introduction -- I.1 What Is Evolution? -- I.2 The History of Evolutionary Thought -- I.3 The Evidence for Evolution -- I.4 From DNA to Phenotypes -- Section II Phylogenetics and the History of Life -- II.1 Interpretation of Phylogenetic Trees -- II.2 Phylogenetic Inference -- II.3 Molecular Clock Dating -- II.4 Historical Biogeography -- II.5 Phylogeography -- II.6 Concepts in Character Macroevolution: Adaptation, Homology, and Evolvability -- II.7 Using Phylogenies to Study Phenotypic Evolution: Comparative Methods and Tests of Adaptation -- II.8 Taxonomy in a Phylogenetic Framework -- II.9 The Fossil Record -- II.10 The Origin of Life -- II.11 Evolution in the Prokaryotic Grade -- II.12 Origin and Diversification of Eukaryotes -- II.13 Major Events in the Evolution of Land Plants -- II.14 Major Events in the Evolution of Fungi -- II.15 Origin and Early Evolution of Animals -- II.16 Major Events in the Evolution of Arthropods -- II.17 Major Features of Tetrapod Evolution -- II.18 Human Evolution -- Section III Natural Selection and Adaptation -- III.1 Natural Selection, Adaptation, and Fitness: Overview -- III.2 Units and Levels of Selection -- III.3 Theory of Selection in Populations -- III.4 Kin Selection and Inclusive Fitness -- III.5 Phenotypic Selection on Quantitative Traits -- III.6 Responses to Selection: Experimental Populations -- III.7 Responses to Selection: Natural Populations -- III.8 Evolutionary Limits and Constraints -- III.9 Evolution of Modifier Genes and Biological Systems -- III.10 Evolution of Reaction Norms -- III.11 Evolution of Life Histories -- III.12 Evolution of Form and Function -- III.13 Biochemical and Physiological Adaptations -- III.14 Evolution of the Ecological Niche -- III.15 Adaptation to the Biotic Environment. , Section IV Evolutionary Processes -- IV.1 Genetic Drift -- IV.2 Mutation -- IV.3 Geographic Variation, Population Structure, and Migration -- IV.4 Recombination and Sex -- IV.5 Genetic Load -- IV.6 Inbreeding -- IV.7 Selfish Genetic Elements and Genetic Conflict -- IV.8 Evolution of Mating Systems: Outcrossing versus Selfing -- Section V Genes, Genomes, Phenotypes -- V.1 Molecular Evolution -- V.2 Genome Evolution -- V.3 Comparative Genomics -- V.4 Evolution of Sex Chromosomes -- V.5 Gene Duplication -- V.6 Evolution of New Genes -- V.7 Evolution of Gene Expression -- V.8 Epigenetics -- V.9 Evolution of Molecular Networks -- V.10 Evolution and Development: Organisms -- V.11 Evolution and Development: Molecules -- V.12 Genetics of Phenotypic Evolution -- V.13 Dissection of Complex Trait Evolution -- V.14 Searching for Adaptation in the Genome -- V.15 Ancient DNA -- Section VI Speciation and Macroevolution -- VI.1 Species and Speciation -- VI.2 Speciation Patterns -- VI.3 Geography, Range Evolution, and Speciation -- VI.4 Speciation and Natural Selection -- VI.5 Speciation and Sexual Selection -- VI.6 Gene Flow, Hybridization, and Speciation -- VI.7 Coevolution and Speciation -- VI.8 Genetics of Speciation -- VI.9 Speciation and Genome Evolution -- VI.10 Adaptive Radiation -- VI.11 Macroevolutionary Rates -- VI.12 Macroevolutionary Trends -- VI.13 Causes and Consequences of Extinction -- V1.14 Species Selection -- VI.15 Key Evolutionary Innovations -- VI.16 Evolution of Communities -- Section VII Evolution of Behavior, Society, and Humans -- VII.1 Genes, Brains, and Behavior -- VII.2 Evolution of Hormones and Behavior -- VII.3 Game Theory and Behavior -- VII.4 Sexual Selection and Its Impact on Mating Systems -- VII.5 Sexual Selection: Male-Male Competition -- VII.6 Sexual Selection: Mate Choice -- VII.7 Evolution of Communication. , VII.8 Evolution of Parental Care -- VII.9 Cooperation and Conflict: Microbes to Humans -- VII.10 Cooperative Breeding -- VII.11 Human Behavioral Ecology -- VII.12 Evolutionary Psychology -- VII.13 Evolution of Eusociality -- VII.14 Cognition: Phylogeny, Adaptation, and By-Products -- VII.15 Evolution of Apparently Nonadaptive Behavior -- VII.16 Aging and Menopause -- Section VIII Evolution and Modern Society -- VIII.1 Evolutionary Medicine -- VIII.2 Evolution of Parasite Virulence -- VIII.3 Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance -- VIII.4 Evolution and Microbial Forensics -- VIII.5 Domestication and the Evolution of Agriculture -- VIII.6 Evolution and Conservation -- VIII.7 Directed Evolution -- VIII.8 Evolution and Computing -- VIII.9 Linguistics and the Evolution of Human Language -- VIII.10 Cultural Evolution -- VIII.11 Evolution and Notions of Human Race -- VIII.12 The Future of Human Evolution -- VIII.13 Evolution and Religion: Conflict and Dialogue -- VIII.14 Creationism and Intelligent Design -- VIII.15 Evolution and the Media -- Index.

Note: Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Contributors -- Chapter 1 How Evolution Shapes Our Lives -- PART I BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS -- Chapter 2 What Is Evolution? -- Chapter 3 Human Evolution -- Chapter 4 Human Cooperation and Conflict -- Chapter 5 Human Behavioral Ecology -- Chapter 6 Evolutionary Psychology -- PART II EVOLUTION IN HEALTH AND DISEASE -- Chapter 7 Evolutionary Medicine -- Chapter 8 Aging and Menopause -- Chapter 9 Evolution of Parasite Virulence -- Chapter 10 Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance -- Chapter 11 Evolution and Microbial Forensics -- PART III RESHAPING OUR WORLD -- Chapter 12 Domestication and the Evolution of Agriculture -- Chapter 13 Directed Evolution -- Chapter 14 Evolution and Computing -- Chapter 15 Evolution and Conservation -- Chapter 16 Adaptation to a Changing World: Evolutionary Resilience and Climate Change -- PART IV EVOLUTION IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE -- Chapter 17 Evolution and Religion: Conflict and Dialogue -- Chapter 18 Creationism and Intelligent Design -- Chapter 19 Evolution and the Media -- PART V NATURE AND NURTURE -- Chapter 20 Linguistics and the Evolution of Human Language -- Chapter 21 Cultural Evolution -- Chapter 22 Evolution and Notions of Human Race -- Chapter 23 The Future of Human Evolution -- Index.