Contributing authors; Acknowledgments; Notational standards; 1. Introduction Ulf Dieckmann, Johan A. J. Metz, Michael Doebeli and Diethard Tautz; 2. Speciation in historical perspective Will Provine; Part I. Theories of Speciation: Introduction to Part I; 3. Genetic theories of sympatric speciation Tadesusz J. Kawecki; 4. Adaptive dynamics of speciation: ecological underpinnings Stefan A. H. Geritz, Éva Kisdi, Géza Meszéna and Johan A. J. Metz; 5. Adaptive dynamics of speciation: sexual populations Ulf Dieckmann and Michael Doebeli; 6. Genetic theories of allopatric and parapatric speciation Sergey Gavrilets; 7. Adaptive dynamics of speciation: spatial structure Michael Doebeli and Ulf Dieckmann; Part II. Ecological Mechanisms of Speciation: Introduction to Part II; 8. Speciation and radiation in African haplochromine cichlids Jacques J. M. van Alphen, Ole Seehausen and Frietson Galis; 9. Natural selection and ecological speciation in sticklebacks Howard D. Rundle and Dolph Schluter; 10. Adaptive speciation in northern freshwater fishes Sigurður S. Snorrason and Skúli Skúlason; 11. Sympatric speciation in insects Guy L. Bush and Roger K. Butlin; 12. Adaptive speciation in agricultural pests Martijn Egas, Maurice W. Sabelis, Filipa Vala and Iza Lesna; 13. Ecological speciation in flowering plants Nickolas M. Waser and Diane R. Campbell; 14. Experiments on adaptation and divergence in bacterial populations Michael Travisano; Part III. Patterns of Speciation: Introduction to Part III; 15. Phylogeography and patterns of incipient speciation Diethard Tautz; 16. Evolutionary diversification of Caribbean anolis lizards J. B. Losos, R. S. Thorpe, A. Malhotra, A. Stenson and J. T. Reardon; 17. Adaptive radiation of African montane plants Eric B. Knox; 18. Diversity and speciation of semionotid fishes in Mesozoic rift lakes Amy R. McCune; 19. Epilogue Ulf Dieckmann, Diethard Tautz, Michael Doebeli and Johan A. J. Metz; References; Index.
First published in 2004, this book by internationally recognized leaders in the field clarifies how adaptive processes, rather than geographic isolation, can cause speciation.
ULF DIECKMANN is Project Coordinator of the Adaptive Dynamics Network at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Laxenburg, Austria. MICHAEL DOEBELI works in the Departments of Mathematics and Zoology at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. JOHAN A.J. METZ is Professor of Mathematical Biology at the Institute of Evolutionary and Ecological Sciences at Leiden University. DIETHARD TAUTZ is at the Institut fur Genetik, at the Universitat zu Koln in Germany.
'... The notes on breeding experiments ... [help] in understanding the evolutionary questions and to specify proper modelling techniques. Also the examples, eg the role of environmental conditions, here the rocky and mud bottom of the lakes, on species diversification are very fitting ... This study clearly documents the key role of creation of new habitats and thus possibilities for following diversification ... an up-do-date summary of the present knowledge for all interested in speculation.' Petr Rab, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics
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