Adaptive dynamics in context

Adaptive dynamics is a fast growing and increasingly important area of theoretical ecology. As it is a relatively yound field publications in the area have been scattered through the literature, and many of its more important findings and applications have not been brought to the attention of a wider redearship. This volume provides a state of the art survey of the field by the world's leading researchers, pulling together material published in a variety of fields to provide a lauching pad for future research.

Part I. Tutorials in Adaptive Dynamics: 1. Scales and limits in adaptive dynamics Ulf Dieckmann, and Hans Metz, 2. Fitness Hans Metz, and Régis Ferriere, 3. An introduction to pairwise invasibility plots and evolutionary branching Stefan Geritz, 4. When does evolution optimise? Hans Metz, and Sido Mylius, 5. Unfolding the degeneracy of evolutionary game theory Ulf Dieckmann, and Hans Metz, Part II. Adaptive Dynamics and Genetics: 6. Long-term evolution Ilan Eshel, 7. Adaptive dynamics with diploid inheritance Tom van Dooren, 8. Adaptive dynamics in allele space Stefan Geritz, and Éva Kisdi, 9. Evolutionary branching with genetics Michael Döbeli, and Ulf Dieckmann, Part III. Adaptive Dynamics and Evolutionary Ecology: 10. Interactions between ecological and evolutionary dynamics Joel Brown, and Thomas Vincent, 11. The rules of adaptive change and the population dynamics of consumer-resource systems Peter Abrams, 12. Adaptive dynamics of dispersal behaviour in vertebrate metapopulations John Nagy, 13. Evolution of germination rates Andrea Mathias, and Éva Kisdi, 14. Evolution of mixed maturation strategies in semelparous life histories Mikko Heino, 15. Adjustable reproductive strategies under predation Mats Gyllenberg, Torsten Lindstrom, and Ilkka Hanski, 16. Evolution of virulence Andrea Pugliese, Part IV. Frontiers in Adaptive Dynamics: 17. Why diffusion approximations of mutation-selection systems can be so dangerous Ulf Dieckmann, 18. Towards a bifurcation theory of ESSes Stefan Geritz, and Hans Metz, 19. Multi-dimensional adaptive dynamics and constraints Olof Leimar, 20. The role of effective environmental dimensionality Géza Meszéna, and Hans Metz, 21. Adaptive dynamics in spatial systems Régis Ferriere, and Ulf Dieckmann, 22. Protected polymorphisms and invasion graphs in adaptive dynamics Frans Jacobs, and Tom van Dooren, 23. Adaptive dynamics and heteroclinic loops Josef Hofbauer, 24. Mutant invasions: when the resident strikes back Odo Diekmann, Sido Mylius, and Michael Döbeli.