Evolutionary Ecology: Concepts and Case Studies

Evolutionary Ecology simultaneously unifies conceptual and empirical advances in evolutionary ecology and provides a volume that can be used as either a primary textbook or a supplemental reading in an advanced undergraduate or graduate course. The focus of the book is on current concepts in evolutionary ecology, and the empirical study of these concepts. The editors have assembled a group of prominent biologists who have made significant contributions to this field. They both synthesize the current state of knowledge and identity areas for future investigation. Evolutionary Ecology will be of general interest to researchers and students in both ecology and evolutionary biology. Researchers in evolutionary ecology that want an overview of the current state of the field, and graduate students that want an introduction the field, will find this book very valuable. This volume can also be used as a primary textbook or supplemental reading in both upper division and graduate courses/seminars in Evolutionary Ecology.

Table of Contents:
I. Recurring Themes 1: Susan J. Mazer and John Damuth: Nature and Causes of Variation 2: Susan J. Mazer and John D. Damuth: Evolutionary Significance of Variation 3: Daphne J. Fairbairn and Jeff P. Reeve: Natural Selection 4: David Reznick and Joseph Travis: Adaptation 5: Massimo Pigliucci: Phenotypic Plasticity 6: Leonard Nunney: Population Structure 7: Nikolas M. Waser and Charles W. Fox: Inbreeding and Outbreeding II. Life Histories 8: Derek A. Roff: Age and Size at Maturity 9: Frank J. Messina and Charles W. Fox: Offspring Size and Number 10: Marc Tatar: Senescence 11: Jan A. Pechenik: Life Cycles 12: Turk Rhen and David Crews: Sex and Gender 13: Steven Hecht Orzack: Sex Ratios and Sex Allocation 14: Douglas J. Futuyma: Ecological Specialization and Generalization III. Behavior 15: Ann K. Sakai and David F. Westneat: Mating Systems 16: Udo M. Savalli: Sexual Selection 17: David Sloan Wilson: Cooperation and Altruism 18: Donald L. Kramer: Foraging Behavior 19: Hugh Dingle and Marcel Holyoak: Evolutionary Ecology of Movement IV. Interspecific Interactions 20: Dolph Schluter: Ecological Character Displacement 21: Peter A. Abrams: Predator-Prey Interactions 22: Curtis Lively: Parasite-Host Interactions 23: May R. Berenbaum: Plant-Herbivore Interactions 24: Judith Bronstein: Mutualisms 25: John N. Thompson: Geographic Dynamics of Coevolution V. Adaptation To Anthropogenic Change 26: John A. Mckenzie: Pesticide Resistance 27: Judith H. Myers: Predicting the Outcome of Biological Control 28: Philip W. Hedrick: Evolutionary Conservation Biology

Review :
"[A]n excellent overview of research in evolutionary ecology. The book is extremely up-to-date, authoritative, well written, and ... well produced. ... The editors certainly are to be commended on the list of authors that they have gathered. The table of contents reads like a miniature who's who of evolutionary ecology ... The authors and editors have done a better job of referring between chapters than in any other edited volume I have read. ... a valuable book for a wide audience."--Ecology "This work introduces many of the important topics in evolutionary ecology. ... [the] chapters [are] written almost exclusively by notable scientists ..."--Choice "[E]ven experts working within particular areas of the field will find many of the chapters outside their primary area of research interesting and stimulating ... the 35 authors constitute a vertiable "who's who" in the field. ... the breadth of coverage is impressive ... In many respects the book has a cohesiveness usually found only in single authored works."--The Quarterly Review of Biology "Evolutionary ecology, according to the editors of this collection of essays, combines the two approaches to examine variation in organisms in relation to both past and the present. Edited collections often disappoint but this one does not. One factor in its success is the broad, conceptual theme given to each contribution, covering such topics as variation, natural selection, adaptation, phenotypic plasticity, population structure, inbreeding and outbreeding. . .Each essay sets out the theoretical basis for the topic covered and then it illustrates it with experimental and field examples. . .The level at which the essays are constructed would be suitable for advanced undergraduate studies and ideal for postgraduate students wishing to assimilate an authoritative account on the subject and should be introduced to the current literature. All teachers in such courses should certainly have this book on their shelves."--British Ecological Society "It is a daunting task to develop an integrated text that successfully draws from the diverse disciplines within ecology and evolutionary biology, yet Fox et al. have done this quite well.This text should prove especially useful to professors seeking a well-organized and thorough volume for advanced undergraduate and graduate level courses focusing on evolutionary ecology. ..Given the void of textbooks for teaching evolutionary ecology at the graduate level and the high quality of this volume, we expect Fox et al.'s text to become a standard reader for evolution and ecology graduate programmes, as well as for researchers seeking an up-to-date overview of evolutionary ecology research."--Animal Behaviour "Provides an overview of evolutionary ecology, a field spanning the disciplines of ecology and evolutionary biology and incorporating the techniques and approaches of each. Chapters are written by prominent researchers and are organized into five sections: themes in evolutionary ecology, life histories, behavior, co-evolution, and adaptation to anthropogenic change. For researchers seeking a current overview and graduate or advanced undergraduate students seeking an introduction to the field."--SciTech Book News "[A]n excellent overview of research in evolutionary ecology. The book is extremely up-to-date, authoritative, well written, and ... well produced. ... The editors certainly are to be commended on the list of authors that they have gathered. The table of contents reads like a miniature who's who of evolutionary ecology ... The authors and editors have done a better job of referring between chapters than in any other edited volume I have read. ... a valuable book for a wide audience."--Ecology "This work introduces many of the important topics in evolutionary ecology. ... [the] chapters [are] written almost exclusively by notable scientists ..."--Choice "[E]ven experts working within particular areas of the field will find many of the chapters outside their primary area of research interesting and stimulating ... the 35 authors constitute a vertiable "who's who" in the field. ... the breadth of coverage is impressive ... In many respects the book has a cohesiveness usually found only in single authored works."--The Quarterly Review of Biology