Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics: 1996 (27) (Annual Review of Ecology & Systematics)

Contents: Early History And Progress Of Women Ecologists: Emphasis Upon Research Contributions; Forest Canopies: Methods, Hypotheses, And Future Directions; Extinction By Hybridization And Introgression; Evolutionary Significance Of Resource Polymorphisms In Fishes, Amphibians, And Birds; Management Of The Spotted Owl: A Case History In Conservation Biology; Historical Biogeography Of West Indian Vertebrates; Trouble On Oiled Waters: Lessons From The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill; Evolutionary Significance Of Local Genetic Differentiation In Plants; Rates Of Molecular Evolution: Phylogenetic Issues And Applications; Herbivory And Plant Defenses In Tropical Forests; Mechanisms Creating Community Structure Across A Freshwater Habitat Gradient; Natural Freezing Survival In Animals; Demographic And Genetic Models In Conservation Biology: Applications And Perspectives For Tropical Rain Forest Tree Species; Gene Trees, Species Trees, And Systematics: A Cladistic Perspective; Incidence And Consequences Of Inherited Environmental Effects; Recruitment And The Local Dynamics Of Open Marine Populations; When Does Morphology Matter?; Adaptive Evolution Of Photoreceptors And Visual Pigments In Vertebrates; Microbial Diversity: Domains And