The Cichlid Fishes: Nature's Grand Experiment In EvolutionBasic Books, 15 dec 2008 - 352 pagina's Cichlid fishes are amazing creatures. In terms of sheer number of species, they are the most successful of all families of vertebrate animals, and the extent and speed with which they have evolved in some African lakes has made them the darlings of evolutionary biologists. But what truly captivates biologists like George Barlow -- not to mention thousands of aquarists the world over -- is the complexity of their social lives and their devotion to family (most species of cichlids are monogamous and many pairs share the responsibility of raising offspring). In this wonderful book, Barlow describes the unusually high intelligence of these fishes, their complex mating and parenting rituals, their bizarre feeding and fighting habits, and the unusual adaptations and explosive rate of speciation that have enabled them to proliferate and flourish. A celebration of their diversity, The Cichlid Fishes is also a marvelous exploration of how these unique animals might help resolve the age-old puzzle of how species arise and evolve. |
Inhoudsopgave
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Jaws Two | 28 |
Plastic Sex | 51 |
Mating Games | 64 |
Oh Yeah? Put Up Your Fins | 90 |
Cichlid Speak | 106 |
Mating Gets Personal | 133 |
How Gametes Meet | 153 |
Overige edities - Alles bekijken
The Cichlid Fishes: Nature's Grand Experiment In Evolution George Barlow Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2002 |
The Cichlid Fishes: Nature's Grand Experiment In Evolution George Barlow Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2008 |
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
Ad Konings adapted African cichlid aggressive algae anal fin Animal Behaviour aquarium Barlow become behavior biologists Biology of Fishes biparental bottom breeding brood catfish chlids cich Cichlasoma cichlid fish cichlids in Lake color pattern convict cichlid courtship dummy Ecology egg spots Environmental Biology evolution evolutionary evolved feeding territories fertilized fight freshwater fishes genes genetic genus haplochromine haremic individual Journal Keenleyside Lake Malawi Lake Tanganyika Lake Victoria Lamprologus larger larvae lekking male and female mammals mate choice mating systems mbuna McKaye Midas cichlid monogamous monogamous cichlids morphs mother mouth brooders mouthbrooding natural selection Neolamprologus nest Nile perch offspring orange chromide Oreochromis pair parents pelvic fins pharyngeal jaws Pisces piscivore polygynous populations predators produce radiations reef reproductive Ribbink Seehausen sexual selection snail shells spawning species of cichlids sperm Stiassny substrate brooders swim sympatric speciation Taborsky teeth Tilapia tiny tropical typically wrigglers Yanagisawa young
Populaire passages
Pagina 314 - Ontogeny of young Midas cichlids: A study of feeding, filial cannibalism, and agouism in relation to differences in size.
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