Bücher der Reihe Cambridge Studies in Adaptive Dynamics

Bringing together conservation genetics, demography, and ecology, this book presents an integrative approach to managing species as well as ecological and evolutionary processes. Written by experts for students, practitioners and researchers in conservation biology, ecology, genetics, and evolution, the volume introduces the area of evolutionary conservation biology.

Bringing together conservation genetics, demography, and ecology, this book presents an integrative approach to managing species as well as ecological and evolutionary processes. Written by experts for students, practitioners and researchers in conservation biology, ecology, genetics, and evolution, the volume introduces the area of evolutionary conservation biology.

Infectious diseases evolve rapidly, relentlessly threatening the health of humankind. Newly emerging diseases and the increasing incidence of antibiotic resistance, in particular, suggest that responsible health management must no longer ignore the continual adaptation of pathogens. In this volume, world experts on disease evolution offer their integrated knowledge.

In this exciting new volume detailing the latest developments in spatial ecological theory, innovative methods of simplifying spatial complexity are put forward. This book is for all those interested in theoretical or evolutionary biology and applied mathematics.

Branching processes assist predictions about extinction risks, and the development of population composition, and also uncovers aspects of a population's history from current genetic composition. Branching processes play an important role in models of genetics, molecular biology, microbiology, ecology and evolutionary theory. This book presents these mathematical ideas for biologists.

In this exciting new volume detailing the latest developments in spatial ecological theory, innovative methods of simplifying spatial complexity are put forward. This book is for all those interested in theoretical or evolutionary biology and applied mathematics.

Infectious diseases evolve rapidly, relentlessly threatening the health of humankind. Newly emerging diseases and the increasing incidence of antibiotic resistance, in particular, suggest that responsible health management must no longer ignore the continual adaptation of pathogens. In this volume, world experts on disease evolution offer their integrated knowledge.

First published in 2004, this book by internationally recognized leaders in the field clarifies how adaptive processes, rather than geographic isolation, can cause speciation.