Evolution
Essays in Honour of John Maynard Smith

This wide-ranging volume contains a collection of new and original essays, all inspired by Maynard Smith's writings.

Paul J. Greenwood (Edited by), Paul H. Harvey (Edited by), Montgomery Slatkin (Edited by)

9780521348973, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 31 July 1987

340 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.5 kg

John Maynard Smith was originally trained as an engineer but, despite important excursions into animal mechanics, ecology and ethology, he is now best known as an international authority on evolution. His pre-eminence is based in large part on original research contributions coupled with an uncanny ability for revealing simple explanations to apparently intractable problems. This wide-ranging volume contains a collection of new and original essays, all inspired by Maynard Smith's writings. The essays span the whole field of evolutionary biology: from microevolution to macroevolution; from evolutionarily stable strategies to sympatric speciation; and from population processes in plants to the arithmetic of assessment in animals.

Part I. Population Genetics and Evolution Theory: 1. Population genetics R. C. Lewontin
2. Somatic mutations as an evolutionary force M. Slatkin
3. The flow of genes through a genetic barrier B. O. Bengtsson
4. Intraspecific resource competition as a cause of sympatric speciation J. Seger
5. Darwinian evolution in ecosystems: the Red Queen view N. C. Stenseth
6. Game theory and animal behaviour G. A. Parker and P. Hammerstein
7. Behavioural structure and the evolution of cooperation R. E. Michod and M. J. Sanderson
Part II. Adaptations, Constraints and Patterns of Evolution: 8. Evolutionary ecology and John Maynard Smith R. M. May
9. The evolution of senescence M. R. Rose
10. Germination strategies J. A. Leon
11. When plants play the field J. Silvertown
12. Homage to the null weasel P. H. Harvey and K. Ralls
13. Asymmetric contests in social mammals: respect, manipulation and age-specific aspects C. Packer and A. Pusey
14. Functions of communal care in mammals J. L. Gittleman
Part III. the Evolutionary Ecology of Sex: 15. Recombination and sex: is Maynard Smith necessary? J. Felsenstein
16. Birth sex ratios and the reproductive success of sons and daughters T. H. Clutton-Brock
17. Distribution of dioecy and self-incompatibility in angiosperms D. Charlesworth
18. Natural selection and the evolutionary ecology of sex allocation E. L. Charnov
19. The evolution of sexual size dimorphism in birds and mammals: a 'hot-blooded' hypothesis P. J. Greenwood and P. Wheeler
20. Leks and the unanimity of female choice J. W. Bradbury, S. L. Vehrencamp and R. Gibson.

Subject Areas: Evolution [PSAJ]