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Now available in paper, this stimulating book concentrates on evolutionary change under environmental stress at levels ranging from the molecular to the biogeographic, with an emphasis on genetic aspects. This approach contrasts with most of the literature of evolutionary biology, as the emphasis here is upon the extreme end of the stress gradient in terms of resistance. Major topics in this interdisciplinary book include the concept of stress and its evolutionary and ecological importance; genetic variation in stress response and the effects of stress on genetic variation; and costs and trade-offs involving stress responses. An approach to stress resistance in terms of energetics permits the development of links between genetics, ecology, physiology, and behaviour. The book concludes with applications concerning range expansions of species, conservation strategies, and pollution effects.

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Strengths of the book include an attempt to integrate data from numerous scientific disciplines, observations to support ideas, an extensive bibliography, and a clear, concise literary style. . . .Merits serious attention because it takes a multidisciplinary approach in attempting an understanding of how extreme environmental stresses have influenced the direction of evolution. --Choice<br> Essential reading. . . .Ecologists particularly will benefit from understanding, and perhaps adopting, the genetic approach to studying adaptations to stress. --Ecology<br> In a broad sense, any less-than-optimal aspect of the environment is a stress on the referent organism. These are the sorts of things this book is really about, and it covers them well, with a good mix of theory, natural history, and experiment. --Evolutionary Theory and Review<br> A useful addition to an evolutionary biologist's library. --American Journal of Human Biology<br>

Strengths of the book include an attempt to integrate data from numerous scientific disciplines, observations to support ideas, an extensive bibliography, and a clear, concise literary style. . . .Merits serious attention because it takes a multidisciplinary approach in attempting an understanding of how extreme environmental stresses have influenced the direction of evolution. --Choice Essential reading. . . .Ecologists particularly will benefit from understanding, and perhaps adopting, the genetic approach to studying adaptations to stress. --Ecology In a broad sense, any less-than-optimal aspect of the environment is a stress on the referent organism. These are the sorts of things this book is really about, and it covers them well, with a good mix of theory, natural history, and experiment. --Evolutionary Theory and Review A useful addition to an evolutionary biologist's library. --American Journal of Human Biology

'This major monograph presents a thoughtful scholarly and up-to-date approach to an important area of ecological genetics ... The book is well-structured, and the literature reviews in the individual chapters will be particularly useful.' R.M. Sibly, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (1993) 48

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