A noted evolutionary biologist examines the creation controversy, explaining the fallacies behind the claims of creationists and providing a straightforward interpretation of the theory of evolution

Science on Trial: The Case for Evolution

Science & Math

Futuyma, Douglas J.

Evolution

Pantheon Books

A marvelous journey into the world of bird evolution How Birds Evolve explores how evolution has shaped the distinctive characteristics and behaviors we observe in birds today. Douglas Futuyma describes how evolutionary science illuminates the wonders of birds, ranging over topics such as the meaning and origin of species, the evolutionary history of bird diversity, and the evolution of avian reproductive behaviors, plumage ornaments, and social behaviors. In this multifaceted book, Futuyma examines how birds evolved from nonavian dinosaurs and reveals what we can learn from the "family tree" of birds. He looks at the ways natural selection enables different forms of the same species to persist, and discusses how adaptation by natural selection accounts for the diverse life histories of birds and the rich variety of avian parenting styles, mating displays, and cooperative behaviors. He explains why some parts of the planet have so many more species than others, and asks what an evolutionary perspective brings to urgent questions about bird extinction and habitat destruction. Along the way, Futuyma provides an insider's perspective on how biologists practice evolutionary science, from studying the fossil record to comparing DNA sequences among and within species. A must-read for bird enthusiasts and curious naturalists, How Birds Evolve shows how evolutionary biology helps us better understand birds and their natural history, and how the study of birds has informed all aspects of evolutionary science since the time of Darwin.

How Birds Evolve: What Science Reveals about Their Origin, Lives, and Diversity

Biological Sciences

Princeton University Press

Contents: Global Environmental Change: An Introduction; The Potential for Application of Individual-Based Simulation Models for Assessing the Effects of Global Change; Human Population Growth and Global Land-Use/Cover Change; Biological Invasions by Exotic Grasses, the Grass/Fire Cycle, and Global Change; Global Change and Coral Reef Ecosystems; Global Change and Freshwater Ecosystems; Global Changes During the Last 3 Million Years: Climatic Controls and Biotic Responses; Spatial Scales and Global Change: Bridging the Gap from Plots to GCM Grid Cells; Responses of Terrestrial Ecosystems to the Changing Atmosphere: A Resource-Based Approach; Natural Hybridization as an Evolutionary Process; The Nearly Neutral Theory of Molecular Evolution; Artificial Selection Experiments; Gastropod Phylogeny and Systematics; Trace Fossils and Bioturbation: The Other Fossil Record; Behavioral Homology and Phylogeny; On Comparing Comparative Methods; Resampling Methods for Computation-Intensive Data Analysis in Ecology and Evolution; Phylogenetic Taxonomy; Population Viability Analysis; Definition and Evaluation of the Fitness of Behavioral and Developmental Programs

Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics: 1992 (Annual Review of Ecology & Systematics)

Fautin, Daphne Gail

Annual Reviews

The author strikes a telling blow for biology in the ongoing war of words with the 'creationists'. He provides a convincing explanation of the evolutionary process and at the same time an insight into the nature of scientific inquiry. "...can be read for pleasure and profit by people at all levels of biological sophistication ...a first-class book." The Quarterly Review of Biology

Sinauer Associates, Inc.

The third edition of the book once described as 'simply the best advanced textbook currently available' has increased its scope while emphasizing the new intellectual and molecular perspectives that have transformed evolutionary studies in the last decade. True to its theme, that evolution both draws on and illuminates all the biological sciences, "Evolutionary Biology" is the most comprehensive textbook in its field. Please note this paperback is a replacement for the hardback textbook (ISBN 0-87893-189-9) and not a new edition.

Evolutionary Biology

In its scope and emphases, Evolution is a readily recognized descendant of the author's previous textbook, Evolutionary Biology. However, it is much shorter and is exclusively directed toward an undergraduate audience. Teachers and students will find the list of important concepts and terms in each chapter a helpful guide, and will appreciate the radically different dynamic figures and lively photographs. The content of all chapters has been updated, and material has been reorganized into new chapters such as "Conflict and Cooperation" and "How To Be Fit." Contributors Scott V. Edwards and John R. True have provided authoritative chapters on "Evolution of Genes and Genomes" and "Development and Evolution," two of the most rapidly developing subjects in evolutionary biology. A new final chapter on "Evolutionary Science, Creationism, and Society" treats such topics as the nature of science and the practical applications of evolutionary biology.

This thoroughly updated and reorganised second edition of "Evolutionary Biology" covers the genetic, developmental, and ecological mechanisms of evolutionary change, the major features of evolutionary history as revealed by phylogenetic and paleontological studies, and material on adaptation, molecular evolution, coevolution, and human evolution.

Evolutionary Biology, 2nd Edition

Futuyma (ecology and evolution, SUNY Stony Brook) covers such subject areas as phylogeny, paleobiology, genetic mechanisms of change and speciation, character evolution, the theory of processes and macroevolution, and new molecular perspectives. Numerous line drawings, charts, diagrams, and maps are provided. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Evolutionary biology

Sinauer Associates

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Science on Trial: The Case for Evolution

How Birds Evolve: What Science Reveals about Their Origin, Lives, and Diversity

How Birds Evolve: What Science Reveals about Their Origin, Lives, and Diversity

Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics: 1992 (Annual Review of Ecology & Systematics)

Science on Trial: The Case for Evolution

Evolutionary Biology

Evolution

Evolutionary Biology, 2nd Edition

Evolutionary Biology

Evolutionary biology