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Author:

Grant, Peter R., 1936-

Title:

40 years of evolution : Darwin's Finches on Daphne Major Island / Peter R. Grant and B. Rosemary Grant.

Publisher:

Princeton University Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xxxii, 400 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm

Subject:

Ground finches--Evolution--Galapagos Islands.
Bird populations--Galapagos Islands.
Birds--Evolution--Galapagos Islands.

Other Authors:

Grant, B. Rosemary.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-387) and index.

Contents:

Speciation, adaptive radiation, and evolution -- Daphne finches : a question of size -- Heritable variation -- Natural selection and evolution -- Breeding ecology and fitness -- A potential competitor arrives on Daphne -- Competition and character displacement -- Hybridization -- Variation and introgression -- Long-term trends in hybridization -- Long-term trends in natural selection -- Speciation -- Speciation by introgressive hybridization -- The future of finches on Daphne -- Themes and issues -- Generalization -- Epilogue -- Appendixes. Appendix 1.1. Daphne plants ; Appendix 1.2. Measurements of finches ; Appendix 1.3. Other species of Darwin's finches ; Appendix 3.1. Mapping breeding locations ; Appendix 3.2. Annual changes in measurements ; Appendix 5.1. Extra-pair mating ; Appendix 5.2. Visitors and predation ; Appendix 9.1. Variation and mortality ; Appendix 10.1. On the dangers of extrapolation ; Appendix 10.2. Plumage ; Appendix 11.1. Samples of measurements for selection analyses ; Appendix 13.1. Identification of breeders ; Appendix 17.1. Nestling beak color polymorphism.

ISBN:

9781400851300 (electronic bk.)
1400851300 (electronic bk.)
0691160465 (hardback : alk. paper)
9780691160467 (hardback : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)854285415

LCCN:

2013018007

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)