Books in the Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution series

Gives an account of the mating systems of the dunnock or hedge sparrow, Prunella modularis, which include pairs, a male with two females, two males with one female, and several males with several females. This work provides a visual summary of the birds' behaviour, and is useful for students of ecology, evolution, and animal behaviour.

Provides a synthesis of quantitative information on the ecology of the brown trout, including sea-trout, and comparisons with closely related species. Much of this work is relevant to general problems in quantitative animal ecology as well as to fisheries management.

Presents a comprehensive synthesis of the research in metapopulation ecology. This work encompasses both the essential theory of metapopulations and a range of empirical studies, and includes discussion of practical applications to conservation biology.

Why are most animal signals reliable? This is the central problem for evolutionary biologists interested in signals. This work entangles the complex and often confusing terminology that characterises the subject, and then challenges the widely held assumption that there is only one correct explanation for signal reliability.

This work deals with the ecological effect a species can have when it moves into an environment that it has not previously occupied (commonly referred to as an "invasion"). It presents an accessible introduction to a highly complex area - the modelling of biological invasions.

This study includes data from sources which support the paradigm of natural hybridization as an important evolutionary process. It presents evidence of a significant role for natural hybridization in furthering adaptive evolution and evolutionary diversification in both plants and animals.

Population dynamics and animal behaviour are two subjects which have developed almost independently. This book provides a framework for combining these two subjects and shows how to consider a range of conservation issues. It is aimed at students and researchers in animal behaviour, population ecology, and conservation biology.

In this book, Eric Charnov uses ideas about symmetry, invariance, and scaling laws to explore aspects of population dynamics and the evolution of male and female life histories. Charnov's work is internationally known and will attract great interest among postgraduate students and researchers in ecology, evolution, behaviour, and many other fields within organismal biology.

Presents data on tropical wasps which suggests that kin-selection has been over-emphasized as an evolutionary explanation of sociality. This book discusses the significance of multi-queen colonies and the evolutionary pathways that may have led to observed social patterns.

This study constitutes an empirical text of the theoretical predictions, and should be of special interest to students on behavioural and evolutionary ecology. The main theme is that sexual selection is important, and affects many aspects of animal life such as mating behaviour and parental care.

This work provides a unified theory that addresses the important problem of the origin and maintenance of genetic variation in natural populations. The author uses his background in biomathematics, genetics and evolutionary research to present an overview of the causes of molecular evolution.