To see accurate pricing, please choose your delivery country.
 
 
United States
£ GBP
All Shops

British Wildlife

8 issues per year 84 pages per issue Subscription only

British Wildlife is the leading natural history magazine in the UK, providing essential reading for both enthusiast and professional naturalists and wildlife conservationists. Published eight times a year, British Wildlife bridges the gap between popular writing and scientific literature through a combination of long-form articles, regular columns and reports, book reviews and letters.

Subscriptions from £33 per year

Conservation Land Management

4 issues per year 44 pages per issue Subscription only

Conservation Land Management (CLM) is a quarterly magazine that is widely regarded as essential reading for all who are involved in land management for nature conservation, across the British Isles. CLM includes long-form articles, events listings, publication reviews, new product information and updates, reports of conferences and letters.

Subscriptions from £26 per year
Academic & Professional Books  Conservation & Biodiversity  Species Conservation & Care

The Natural History of Inbreeding and Outbreeding Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives

Edited By: NW Thornhill
520 pages, 49 line illus, 41 tabs
The Natural History of Inbreeding and Outbreeding
Click to have a closer look
Select version
  • The Natural History of Inbreeding and Outbreeding ISBN: 9780226798547 Hardback Jun 1993 Out of stock with supplier: order now to get this when available
    £136.00
    #23374
  • The Natural History of Inbreeding and Outbreeding ISBN: 9780226798554 Paperback Jun 1993 Out of Print #23375
Selected version: £136.00
About this book Contents Customer reviews Related titles

About this book

Inbreeding, the mating of close kin, and outbreeding, the mating of distant relatives or related organisms, have long been important subjects to evolutionary biologists. In this volume, 26 experts in evolution, behaviour and genetics examine the causes and consequences of these processes. The contributors ask whether inbreeding is as problematic as biologists thought, and in attempting to answer this, draw on examples from theoretical and real studies on wild and captive populations. A valuable text for researchers in evolutionary biology, behaviour, ecology and conservation biology.

Contents

1. Sex, Mating Systems, Inbreeding, and Outbreeding Nickolas M. Waser Part One Theoretical Perspectives 2. Theory and Data Pertinent to the Relationship between Heterozygosity and Fitness Jeffry B. Mitton 3. The Evolution of Inbreeding in Haploidiploid Organisms John H. Werren 4. Genetic Incompatibility as a Eugenic Mechanism Marcy K. Uyenoyama 5. Inbreeding and the Evolution of Social Behavior Richard E. Michod 6. The Statics and Dynamics of Mating System Evolution Donald M. Waller 7. Small Populations, Inbreeding, and Speciation Daniel J. Howard 8. The Natural and Unnatural History of Inbreeding and Outbreeding William M. Shields Part Two Empirical Perspectives 9. Population Structure, Optimal Outbreeding and Assortative Mating in Angiosperms Nickolas M. Waser 10. Inbreeding and Outbreeding in marine Invertebrates Nancy Knowlton and Jeremy B. C. Jackson 11. Inbreeding and Outbreeding in Fishes, Amphibians, and Reptiles Bruce Waldman and Jeffrey S. McKinnon 12. Evidence for and Consequences of Inbreeding in the Cooperative Spiders Susan E. Riechert and Rose Marie Roeloffs 13. Inbreeding in Birds Ian Rowley, Eleanor Russell, and Michael Brooker 14. The Natural History of Inbreeding and Outbreeding in Small Mammals Andrew T. Smith 15. Inbreeding and Outbreeding in Captive Populations of Wild Animal Species Robert C. Lacy, Ann Petric, and Mark Warneke 16. Dispersal, Kinship, and Inbreeding in African Lions Craig Packer and Anne E. Pusey 17. Inbreeding and Outbreeding in Primates: What's Wrong with "The Dispersing Sex"? Jim Moore Part Three: Epilogue 18. Inbreeding in Egypt and This Book: A Childish Perspective William D. Hamilton

Customer Reviews

Edited By: NW Thornhill
520 pages, 49 line illus, 41 tabs
Current promotions
New and Forthcoming BooksNHBS Moth TrapBritish Wildlife MagazineBuyers Guides