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by Peter R. Grant


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After his famous visit to the Galpagos 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.

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A MAJOR TASK for biologists is to explain organic diversity in terms of evolutionary principles: to explain why so many different types of species have arisen, and why they vary so much in form, function, and behavior.

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  • Title Ecology and Evolution of Darwin's Finches
  • Author Peter R. Grant
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Second Edition,
  • Pages 512
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Princeton University Press, Princeton
  • Date December 7, 1999
  • ISBN 9780691048666
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