Genetic and Ecological Diversity

Part I: Species abundance. Species diversity. Explanations. Dynamics. Part II: Population processes. Populations. Genes. Gene frequency. Genetic variability in natural populations. Polymorphism and ecological genetics. Response to selection by pesticides. Population consequences of selection. Polymorphism by neutral mutation. Gene interaction models for polymorphism. Genetic variability - conclusions. Part III: Population genetics and evolution. Species formation and evolution. Species associations.

lucid and balanced ... An ... undergraduate class would probably get a lot our of this book - Times Higher Educational Supplement; ...the exposition is clear and the book should serve very effectively to introduce a generation of students to some of the pivotal ideas of evolutionary biology... - TREE; This book is written in an agreeable narrative style and is very well suited as an auxiliary text for an upper level undergraduate course in diversity or evolution. I would also recommend this book as an overview of the field and source of ideas for a first-year graduate student - Ecology; ..an excellent introduction into population genetics. Explanations of mathematical terms and equations are clear. - Theoretical and Applied Genetics; ...the author's style is concise, clear and to the point...fills a gap and introduces an exciting field of biology - Biological Journal of the Linnean Society