Evolution Illuminated: Salmon and Their Relatives
This book will appeal to investigators in each of the scientific disciplines it integrates—evolutionary biology, ecology, salmonid biology, management, and conservation. Variation in salmonids can be used to illustrate virtually all evolutionary questions, and so the work will also attract general scientific interest by ecologists and evolutionary and conservation biologists.
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Thirteen papers exploring the particular contributions salmonids can make to the testing of evolutionary theory are presented by Hendry (biology, McGill U., Canada) and Stearns (evolutionary biology, Yale U., US). The growth of life history evolutionary theory is explored in view of recent developments. Other recurring themes include the evolution of mating tactics, adaptation to anadromy and nonanadromy, natural hybridization, and effective population size. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
ContributorsIntroduction : The Salmonid Contribution to Key Issues in Evolution31Life Histories, Evolution, and Salmonids202The Evolution of Philopatry and Dispersal: Homing versus Straying in Salmonids523To Sea or Not to Sea? Anadromy versus Non-Anadromy in Salmonids924Evolution of Egg Size and Number1265Norms of Reaction and Phenotypic Plasticity in Salmonid Life Histories1546Ecological Theory of Adaptive Radiation: An Empirical Assessment from Coregonine Fishes (Salmoniformes)1757From Macro- to Micro-Evolution: Tempo and Mode in Salmonid Evolution2088Evolution in Mixed Company: Evolutionary Inferences from Studies of Natural Hybridization in Salmonidae2329Salmonid Breeding Systems26410Salmonid Insights into Effective Population Size29511Evolution of Chinook Salmon Life History under Size-Selective Harvest31512Conservation Units and Preserving Diversity33813Toward Evolutionary Management: Lessons from Salmonids358App. 1Straying Rates of Anadromous Salmonids377App. 2Genetic Differentiation among Conspecific Salmonid Populations at Nuclear DNA Loci384App. 3Differences between Anadromous and Non-Anadromous Salmonids403References411Index497
