Macroevolutionary Theory on Macroecological Patterns [Hardcover]

This book sets the ecological themes of abundance, distribution, and population dynamics in an evolutionary context.Formerly regarded as pure ecological subjects, the study of distribution, abundance and population size variation in animals is presented here in an evolutionary framework. This book argues that evolved characters of organisms such as morphology, behavior and life history influence their ecological relationships, including the way that populations fluctuate through time and space. This new conceptual framework is broadly relevant to ecologists, evolutionary biologists and behavioral scientists and is also relevant to those entomologists working in pest management.Formerly regarded as pure ecological subjects, the study of distribution, abundance and population size variation in animals is presented here in an evolutionary framework. This book argues that evolved characters of organisms such as morphology, behavior and life history influence their ecological relationships, including the way that populations fluctuate through time and space. This new conceptual framework is broadly relevant to ecologists, evolutionary biologists and behavioral scientists and is also relevant to those entomologists working in pest management.This study of distribution, abundance and population size variation in animals (formerly regarded as pure ecological subjects) is presented in an evolutionary framework. Arguing that evolved characters of organisms such as morphology, behavior and life history influence their ecological relationships, this new conceptual framework is broadly relevant to ecologists, evolutionary biologists, behavioral scientists and entomologists.Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. The general thesis; 2. Historical views on distribution, abundance, and population dynamics; 3. The focal species - basic biology; 4. The focal species - emergent properties; 5. The focal group - the common sawflies; 6. Convergent constraints in divergent taxonomic groups; 7. DivelÃÝ