40 years of evolution : Darwin's Finches on Daphne Major Island /
Grant, Peter R.,1936-
Grant, B. Rosemary.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-387) and index.
Speciation, adaptive radiation, and evolution -- Daphne finches : a question of size -- Heritable variation -- Natural selection and evolution -- Breeding ecology and fitness -- A potential competitor arrives on Daphne -- Competition and character displacement -- Hybridization -- Variation and introgression -- Long-term trends in hybridization -- Long-term trends in natural selection -- Speciation -- Speciation by introgressive hybridization -- The future of finches on Daphne -- Themes and issues -- Generalization -- Epilogue -- Appendixes. Appendix 1.1. Daphne plants ; Appendix 1.2. Measurements of finches ; Appendix 1.3. Other species of Darwin's finches ; Appendix 3.1. Mapping breeding locations ; Appendix 3.2. Annual changes in measurements ; Appendix 5.1. Extra-pair mating ; Appendix 5.2. Visitors and predation ; Appendix 9.1. Variation and mortality ; Appendix 10.1. On the dangers of extrapolation ; Appendix 10.2. Plumage ; Appendix 11.1. Samples of measurements for selection analyses ; Appendix 13.1. Identification of breeders ; Appendix 17.1. Nestling beak color polymorphism.
Ground finches
Bird populations
Birds