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After his famous visit to the Galápagos Islands, Darwin speculated that "one might fancy that, from an original paucity of birds in this archipelago, one species had been taken and modified for different ends." This book is the classic account of how much we have since learned about the evolution of these remarkable birds. Based upon over a decade's research, Grant shows how interspecific competition and natural selection act strongly enough on contemporary populations to produce observable and measurable evolutionary change. In this new edition, Grant outlines new discoveries made in the thirteen years since the book's publication. Ecology and Evolution of Darwin's Finches is an extraordinary account of evolution in action.Originally published in 1986.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Animal genetics. Animal evolution --- Birds --- Animal ethology and ecology. Sociobiology --- Finches --- Evolution --- Ecology --- Passeriformes --- Songbirds
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"The extraordinary life story of the celebrated naturalist who transformed our understanding of evolution Enchanted by Daphne is legendary ecologist Peter Grant's personal account of his remarkable life and career. In this revelatory book, Grant takes readers from his childhood in World War II-era Britain to his ongoing research today in the Galápagos archipelago, vividly describing what it is like to do fieldwork in one of the most magnificent yet inhospitable places on Earth. This is also the story of two brilliant and courageous biologists as they raised a family together while balancing the demands of professional lives that would take them to the far corners of the globe. In 1973, Grant and his wife Rosemary embarked on a journey that would fundamentally change how we think about evolution. Over the next four decades, they visited the Galápagos every year to observe Darwin's famous finches on the remote, uninhabited island of Daphne Major. Documenting how eighteen species have diversified from a single ancestral species, they demonstrated that we could actually see and measure evolution in a natural setting. Grant recounts the blind alleys and breathtaking triumphs of this historic research as he and Rosemary followed in Darwin's footsteps-and ushered in a new era in ecology. A wonderfully absorbing portrait of a life in science, Enchanted by Daphne is an unforgettable chronicle of the travels and discoveries of one of the world's most influential naturalists"--
Grant, Peter R., --- Biologists --- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Environmentalists & Naturalists --- SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General --- Autobiography. --- Award. --- Aztec Art. --- Babysitting. --- Balzan Prize. --- Bandage. --- Big Bird. --- Biochemistry. --- Biologist. --- Biology. --- Botswana. --- Bursera. --- Canary Islands. --- Career. --- Charles Darwin. --- Clothing. --- Clusia. --- Cordia. --- Courtship. --- Criticism. --- Cyperaceae. --- Daphne Major. --- Dartmoor. --- Darwin's finches. --- Distemper (paint). --- Dormitory. --- Drierite. --- Ecology. --- Ecosystem. --- Filter paper. --- Fritillaria. --- Front de libération du Québec. --- Geneticist. --- Grocery store. --- Gustavus Adolphus College. --- Head of state. --- His Master's Voice. --- Honeycreeper. --- Honorary degree. --- Hunter-gatherer. --- Imitation. --- Inbreeding. --- Insect. --- Jaw. --- John Maynard Smith. --- Kinkaku-ji. --- Laborer. --- Lecture. --- Limnology. --- Liqueur. --- London Zoo. --- Luc Hoffmann. --- Lunch. --- Magnirostris. --- Mangrove. --- McGill University. --- Meal. --- Molecular biology. --- New Guinea. --- Night heron. --- Nobel Conference. --- North America. --- Oak savanna. --- Paiute. --- Paleontology. --- Pangolin. --- Peat. --- Physical therapy. --- Pierre Trudeau. --- Pig slaughter. --- Pika. --- Pizza. --- Plate (dishware). --- Plough. --- Plumage. --- Plumbeous pigeon. --- Power steering. --- Prayer wheel. --- Provision (contracting). --- Pterin. --- Puffbird. --- Rainforest. --- Reproductive success. --- Sea lion. --- Sea-lion. --- Social group. --- Summer camp. --- Supervisor. --- Tentacle. --- The Various. --- Third grade. --- Total Immersion (augmented reality). --- Transvaal Museum. --- Turku. --- Uluru. --- Upholstery. --- Vegetation. --- Wistman's Wood. --- Xi'an. --- Zoology.
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Finches --- Mockingbirds --- Flies --- Evolution (Biology) --- Evolution (Biologie) --- Evolution. --- Evolution --- Finches - Evolution --- Mockingbirds - Evolution --- Flies - Evolution
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