General references arranged in order of lecture topics

Specific references arranged in order of lecture topics

Bold face -- especially recommended for good reading! [find one]

General references

Clutton-Brock, T. H. (editor). 1988. Reproductive Success [see chapters 14, 15, 21, or 22 on swans, geese, deer and seals]

Maynard Smith, J. 1989. Evolutionary Genetics [chapter 9, pp. 165-183, "Evolution in structured populations," involves simple math; focus on pp. 175-179, "The group as the unit of evolution"]

Wilson, D. S. 1997. Multilevel selection: a symposium. American Naturalist 150, Supplement: S1-S134. [especially contributions by Michod and by Boehm]

Maynard Smith, J. 1982. Evolution and the theory of games [includes some elegant introductory chapters about game theory and Evolutionarily Stable Stategies in evolution].

Specific references

This first section includes some references that show the importance of spcies concepts and geographic variation to conservation issues . . .

Lehman, N., A. Eisenhawer, K. Hanse, L. D. Mech, R. O. Peterson, P. J. P. Gogan, and R. K. Wayne. 1991. Introgression of coyote mtDNA into sympatric North American gray wolf populations. Evolution 45: 104-119.

Roy, M. S., ... and R. K. Wayne. 1994. Patterns of differentiation and hybridization in North American wolflike canids, revealed by analysis of microsatellite loci. Molecular Biology and Evolution 11: 553-570.

Roy, M. S., ... and R. K. Wayne. 1996. Microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA analysis of extant and historic red wolves. Conservation Biology 10: 376-389.[are red wolves a species? what are the implications for conservation?]

[find next recommended reading]

Bowen, B. W., A. B. Meylan, J. P. Ross, C. J. Limpus, G. H. Balazs, and J. C. Avise. 1992. Global population structure and natural history of the green [sea] turtle in terms of matriarchal phylogeny. Evolution 46: 865-881.

Bowen, B. W., N. Kamezaki, C. J. Limpus, G. R. Hughes, A. B. Meylan, and J. C. Avise. 1994. Global phylogeography of the loggerhead [sea] turtle (Caretta caretta) as indicated by mitochondrial DNA haplotypes. Evolution 48: 1820-1828.

Blair, F. 1960. The Rusty Lizard: a Population Study (chapter 4).

Tinkle, D. W., H. M. Wilbur and S. G. Tilley. 1970. Evolutionary strategies in lizard reproduction. Evolution 24: 55-74.

Tinkle, D. W., and R. E. Ballinger. 1972. Sceloporus undulatus: a study in the intraspecific comparative demography of a lizard. Ecology 53: 570-584.

Harrison, G. A. 1977. Population Structure and Human Variation (chapter 4 on Yanomama).

Clutton-Brock, T. H., F. E. Guiness and S. D. Albon. Red Deer: Behavior and Ecology of Two Sexes [a classic -- for our purposes check particularly chapters 5, 6, or 7]

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Clutton-Brock, T. H. (editor). 1988. Reproductive Success (chapters 14, 15, 21, or 22 on swans, geese, deer and seals are particularly relevant).

Krebs, J. 1970. Regulation of numbers in the Great Tit (Aves: Passeriformes). Journal of Zoology (London) 162: 317-333.

Reznick, D. N., and J. A. Endler. 1982. The impact of predation on life history evolution in Trinidadian guppies (Poecilia reticulata). Evolution 36: 160-177. [evolution of fecundity and mortality in natural populations]

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Reznick, D. N. 1982. The impact of predation on life history evolution in Trinidadian guppies: genetic basis of observed life history patterns. Evolution 36: 1236-1250.

Reznick, D. N., H. Bryga, and J. A. Endler. 1990. Experimentally induced life-history evolution in a natural population. Nature 346: 357-359.

Mech, L. D. 1966. The Wolves of Isle Royale [the monograph that revolutonized modern research on wolves in the wild -- for our purposes check chpaters on "Wolf-moose relationships", pp. 116-151, or "Dynamics of wolf-moose coaction", pp. 161-171]

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Mech, L. D. 1970. The Wolf [although in need of updating, still the best book on the biology of wolves -- see especially chapter 8 or 9]

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Peterson, R. O. 1977. Wolf ecology and prey relationships on Isle Royale

Peterson, R. O. 1995. The wolves of Isle Royale: a broken balance [why the wolf-moose balance did not last!]

Murie, A. 1944. The wolves of Mount McKinley [a pioneering study]

Bergerud, A. T. 1988. Caribou, wolves and man. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 3: 68-72 (in the Botany Library, 301 Coker Hall).

Bergerud, A. T., and W. B. Ballard. 1988. Wolf predation on caribou: the Nelchina herd case history, a different interpretation. Journal of Wildlife Management 52: 344-357.

Ballard, W. B., L. A. Ayres, P. R. Krausman, D. J. Reed, and S. G. Fancy. 1997. Ecology of wolves in relation to a migratory caribou herd in northwest Alaska. Wildlife Monographs 135, 47 pp.

Schmidt, P. A., and L. D. Mech. 1997. Wolf pack size and food acquisition. American Naturalist 150: 513-517.

Packer, C., D. Scheel, and A. E. Pusey. 1990. Why lions form groups: food is not enough. American Naturalist 136: 1-19. [group living is not more efficient!]

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Marcstrom, V., R. E. Kenward and E. Engren. 1988. The impact of predation on boreal tetraonids (grouse) during vole cycles: an experimental study. Journal of Animal Ecology 57: 859-872.

Keith, L. B. 1990. Dynamics of snowshoe hare populations. Current Mammalogy, vol. 2.

Maher, W. J. 1970. The pomarine jaeger as a brown lemming predator in northern Alaska. Wilson Bulletin 82: 130-157.

Levin, B. R., and W. L. Kilmer. 1974. Interdemic selection and the evolution of altruism: a computer simulation study. Evolution 28: 527-545.

Wilson, D. S. 1997. Multilevel selection: a symposium. American Naturalist 150, Supplement: S1-S134. [especially contributions by Michod and by Boehm]

Maynard Smith, J. 1982. Evolution and the theory of games [anything by John Maynard Smith is worth reading -- this one includes some elegant introductory chapters about game theory and Evolutionarily Stable Stategies in evolution]

[find next recommended reading]

Davies, N. B., and M. L. Brooke. 1988. Cuckoos versus reed warblers: adaptations and counteradaptations. Animal Behaviour 36: 262-284. [likewise anything by Nick Davies -- this one is about the evolutionary "arms race" between birds and their brood parasites]

Davies, N. B. 2000. Cuckoos, cowbirds, and other cheats. Poyser. [Choose any chapter!]

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