Butterflies: Ecology and Evolution Taking Flight Paperback - 2003 - 1st Edition
by Carol L. Boggs (Editor); Ward B. Watt (Editor); Paul R. Ehrlich (Editor)
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Humanity is now faced with the greatest crisis in its history, a crisis that in some senses is shared by butterflies and which, as an important test system, they can help to ameliorate.
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In Butterflies: Ecology and Evolution Taking Flight, the world's leading experts synthesize current knowledge of butterflies to show how the study of these fascinating creatures as model systems can lead to deeper understanding of ecological and evolutionary patterns and processes in general. The twenty-six chapters are organized into broad functional areas, covering the uses of butterflies in the study of behavior, ecology, genetics and evolution, systematics, and conservation biology. Especially in the context of the current biodiversity crisis, this book shows how results found with butterflies can help us understand large, rapid changes in the world we share with them--for example, geographic distributions of some butterflies have begun to shift in response to global warming, giving early evidence of climate change that scientists, politicians, and citizens alike should heed. The first international synthesis of butterfly biology in two decades, Butterflies: Ecology and Evolution Taking Flight offers students, scientists, and amateur naturalists a concise overview of the latest developments in the field. Furthermore, it articulates an exciting new perspective of the whole group of approximately 15,000 species of butterflies as a comprehensive model system for all the sciences concerned with biodiversity and its preservation. Contributors:
Carol L. Boggs, Paul M. Brakefield, Adriana D. Briscoe, Dana L. Campbell, Elizabeth E. Crone, Mark Deering, Henri Descimon, Erika I. Deinert, Paul R. Ehrlich, John P. Fay, Richard ffrench-Constant, Sherri Fownes, Lawrence E. Gilbert, André Gilles, Ilkka Hanski, Jane K. Hill, Brian Huntley, Niklas Janz, Greg Kareofelas, Nusha Keyghobadi, P. Bernhard Koch, Claire Kremen, David C. Lees, Jean-François Martin, Antónia Monteiro, Paulo César Motta, Camille Parmesan, William D. Patterson, Naomi E. Pierce, Robert A. Raguso, Charles Lee Remington, Jens Roland, Ronald L. Rutowski, Cheryl B. Schultz, J. Mark Scriber, Arthur M. Shapiro, Michael C. Singer, Felix Sperling, Curtis Strobeck, Aram Stump, Chris D. Thomas, Richard VanBuskirk, Hans Van Dyck, Richard I. Vane-Wright, Ward B. Watt, Christer Wiklund, and Mark A. Willis
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- Title Butterflies: Ecology and Evolution Taking Flight
- Author Carol L. Boggs (Editor); Ward B. Watt (Editor); Paul R. Ehrlich (Editor)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 756
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
- Date July 1, 2003
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780226063188 / 0226063186
- Weight 3.49 lbs (1.58 kg)
- Dimensions 9.96 x 7.1 x 1.65 in (25.30 x 18.03 x 4.19 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Butterflies - Ecology, Butterflies - Evolution
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002015813
- Dewey Decimal Code 595.789
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