Ecological Speciation

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Patrik Nosil (Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA)

Ecological Speciation

Name: Ecological Speciation
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Patrik Nosil (Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA)

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English

Oxford University Press
15 March 2012

Evolution; Genetics (non-medical); Plant ecology; Animal ecology

Series: Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution

The origin of biological diversity, via the formation of new species, can be inextricably linked to adaptation to the ecological environment. Specifically, ecological processes are central to the formation of new species when barriers to gene flow (reproductive isolation) evolve between populations as a result of ecologically-based divergent natural selection. This process of 'ecological speciation' has seen a large body of particularly focused research in the last 10-15 years, and a review and synthesis of the theoretical and empirical literature is now timely. The book begins by clarifying what ecological speciation is, its alternatives, and the predictions that can be used to test for it. It then reviews the three components of ecological speciation and discusses the geography and genomic basis of the process. A final chapter highlights future research directions, describing the approaches and experiments which might be used to conduct that future work. The ecological and genetic literature is integrated throughout the text with the goal of shedding new insight into the speciation process, particularly when the empirical data is then further integrated with theory.

By: Patrik Nosil (Department of Ecology and Evolution University of Colorado Boulder USA)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 233mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 461g
ISBN: 9780199587117
ISBN 10: 0199587116
Series: Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution
Pages: 300
Publication Date: 15 March 2012
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Patrik Nosil is an Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He research focuses on how new species form. His initial work on how new species of insects might form as they adapt to feeding on different types of host plants received wide-recognition, for example earning him the Dobzhansky Prize from the Society for the Study of Evolution. More recently, he has been employing a combination of both theoretical and empirical approaches to study the types of genetic changes that occur in the genome as new species are formed.

Reviews for Ecological Speciation

The book is effortless reading, rich in verbal and conceptual models, hardly any equations ... it provides for a springboard for future discovery: a must read for students of speciation at any stage of their career. * Trends in Ecology and Evolution *