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Evolutionary Ecology of Freshwater Animals

Concepts and Case Studies

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  • © 1997

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Editors:
  1. Bruno Streit

    1. Abteilung Ökologie und Evolution Fachbereich Biologie, J.W. Goethe-Universität, Frankurt, Germany

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  2. Thomas Städler

    1. Abteilung Ökologie und Evolution Fachbereich Biologie, J.W. Goethe-Universität, Frankurt, Germany

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  3. Curtis M. Lively

    1. Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA

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Part of the book series: Experientia Supplementum (EXS, volume 82)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIV
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  2. Ecosystem structure and trophic interactions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Habitat partitioning by zooplankton and the structure of lake ecosystems

      • M. A. Leibold, A. J. Tessier
      Pages 3-30

    3. New Zealand mountain stream communities: Stable yet disturbed?

      • M. J. Winterbourn
      Pages 31-54

    4. Complex trophic interactions in freshwater benthic food chains

      • C. Brönmark, J. Dahl, L. A. Greenberg
      Pages 55-88

    5. Prey dispersal and predator impacts on stream benthic prey

      • D. E. Wooster, A. Sih, G. Englund
      Pages 89-116

  5. Evolutionary processes following colonizations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 321-321
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    2. Evolutionary consequences of postglacial colonization of fresh water by primitively anadromous fishes

      • M. A. Bell, C. A. Andrews
      Pages 323-363

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 365-366
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Keywords

About this book

Evolutionary ecology includes aspects of community structure, trophic interactions, life-history tactics, and reproductive modes, analyzed from an evolutionary perspective. Freshwater environments often impose spatial structure on populations, e.g. within large lakes or among habitat patches, facilitating genetic and phenotypic divergence. Traditionally, freshwater systems have featured prominently in ecological research and population biology.

This book brings together information on diverse freshwater taxa, with a mix of critical review, synthesis, and case studies. Using examples from bryozoans, rotifers, cladocerans, molluscs, teleosts and others, the authors cover current conceptual issues of evolutionary ecology in considerable depth.

The book can serve as a source of critically evaluated ideas, detailed case studies, and open problems in the field of evolutionary ecology. It is recommended for students and researchers in ecology, limnology, population biology, and evolutionary biology.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Abteilung Ökologie und Evolution Fachbereich Biologie, J.W. Goethe-Universität, Frankurt, Germany

    Bruno Streit, Thomas Städler

  • Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA

    Curtis M. Lively

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Evolutionary Ecology of Freshwater Animals

  • Book Subtitle: Concepts and Case Studies

  • Editors: Bruno Streit, Thomas Städler, Curtis M. Lively

  • Series Title: Experientia Supplementum

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-8880-6

  • Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Basel AG 1997

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-7643-5694-1Published: 19 August 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-0348-9812-6Published: 01 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-0348-8880-6Published: 11 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1664-431X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2504-3692

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 366

  • Topics: Life Sciences, general, Biomedicine general

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