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The adaptive landscape in evolutionary biology / edited by Erik I. Svensson and Ryan Calsbeek.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford ; [New York] : Oxford University Press, 2012.Edition: 1st edDescription: xv, 319 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780199595389
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 576.8 SVE 23
Contents:
1. A shifting terrain: a brief history of the adaptive landscape / Michael R. Dietrich and Robert A. Skipper, Jr. -- 2. Sewall Wright's adaptive landscape: philosophical reflections on heuristic value / Robert A. Skipper, Jr. and Michael R. Dietrich -- 3. Landscapes, surfaces, and morphospaces: what are they good for? / Massimo Pigliucci -- 4. Wright's adaptive landscape versus Fisher's fundamental theorem / Steven A. Frank -- 5. Wright's adaptive landscape: testing the predictions of his shifting balance theory / Michael J. Wade -- 6. Wright's shifting balance theory and factors affecting the probability of peak shifts / Charles J. Goodnight -- 7. Fluctuating selection and dynamic adaptive landscapes / Ryan Calsbeck, Thomas P. Gosden, Shawn R. Kuchta, and Erik I. Svensson -- 8. The adaptive landscape in sexual selection research / Adam G. Jones, Nicholas L. Ratterman, and Kimberly A. Paczolt -- 9. Analyzing and comparing the geometry of individual fitness surfaces / Stephen F. Chenoweth, John Hunt, and Howard D. Rundle -- 10. Adaptive accuracy and adaptive landscapes / Christophe Pélabon, W. Scott Armbruster, Thomas F. Hansen, Geir H. Bolstad, and Rocío Pérez-Barrales -- 11. Empirical insights into adaptive landscapes from bacterial experimental evolution / Tim F. Cooper -- 12. How humans influence evolution on adaptive landscapes / Andrew P. Hendry, Virginie Millien, Andrew Gonzalez, and Hans C.E. Larsson -- 13. Adaptive landscapes and macroevoluntary dynamics / Thomas F. Hansen -- 14. Adaptive dynamics: a framework for modeling the long-term evolutionary dynamics of quantitative traits / Michael Doebeli -- 15. Adaptive landscapes, evolution, and the fossil record / Michael A. Bell -- 16. Mimicry, saltational evolution, and the crossing of fitness valleys / Olof Leimar, Birgitta S. Tullberg, and James Mallet -- 17. High-dimensional adaptive landscapes facilitate evolutionary innovation / Andreas Wagner -- 18. Phenotype landscapes, adaptive landscapes, and the evolution of development / Sean H. Rice -- 19. The past, the present, and the future of the adaptive landscape / Erik I. Svensson and Ryan Calsbeek.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. A shifting terrain: a brief history of the adaptive landscape / Michael R. Dietrich and Robert A. Skipper, Jr. -- 2. Sewall Wright's adaptive landscape: philosophical reflections on heuristic value / Robert A. Skipper, Jr. and Michael R. Dietrich -- 3. Landscapes, surfaces, and morphospaces: what are they good for? / Massimo Pigliucci -- 4. Wright's adaptive landscape versus Fisher's fundamental theorem / Steven A. Frank -- 5. Wright's adaptive landscape: testing the predictions of his shifting balance theory / Michael J. Wade -- 6. Wright's shifting balance theory and factors affecting the probability of peak shifts / Charles J. Goodnight -- 7. Fluctuating selection and dynamic adaptive landscapes / Ryan Calsbeck, Thomas P. Gosden, Shawn R. Kuchta, and Erik I. Svensson -- 8. The adaptive landscape in sexual selection research / Adam G. Jones, Nicholas L. Ratterman, and Kimberly A. Paczolt -- 9. Analyzing and comparing the geometry of individual fitness surfaces / Stephen F. Chenoweth, John Hunt, and Howard D. Rundle -- 10. Adaptive accuracy and adaptive landscapes / Christophe Pélabon, W. Scott Armbruster, Thomas F. Hansen, Geir H. Bolstad, and Rocío Pérez-Barrales -- 11. Empirical insights into adaptive landscapes from bacterial experimental evolution / Tim F. Cooper -- 12. How humans influence evolution on adaptive landscapes / Andrew P. Hendry, Virginie Millien, Andrew Gonzalez, and Hans C.E. Larsson -- 13. Adaptive landscapes and macroevoluntary dynamics / Thomas F. Hansen -- 14. Adaptive dynamics: a framework for modeling the long-term evolutionary dynamics of quantitative traits / Michael Doebeli -- 15. Adaptive landscapes, evolution, and the fossil record / Michael A. Bell -- 16. Mimicry, saltational evolution, and the crossing of fitness valleys / Olof Leimar, Birgitta S. Tullberg, and James Mallet -- 17. High-dimensional adaptive landscapes facilitate evolutionary innovation / Andreas Wagner -- 18. Phenotype landscapes, adaptive landscapes, and the evolution of development / Sean H. Rice -- 19. The past, the present, and the future of the adaptive landscape / Erik I. Svensson and Ryan Calsbeek.

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