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40 years of evolution : Darwin's Finches on Daphne Major Island
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40 years of evolution : Darwin's Finches on Daphne Major Island

Peter R. Grant

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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.

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40 years of evolution : Darwin's Finches on Daphne Major Island by Peter R. Grant. ISBN 9780691160467. Published by Princeton University Press in 2014. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.

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