Macroevolutionary Theory on Macroecological Patterns

Formerly regarded as pure ecological subjects, the study of distribution, abundance and population size variation in animals is presented here in an evolutionary framework. This book argues that evolved characters of organisms such as morphology, behavior and life history influence their ecological relationships, including the way that populations fluctuate through time and space. This new conceptual framework is broadly relevant to ecologists, evolutionary biologists and behavioral scientists and is also relevant to those entomologists working in pest management.