Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-193) and index.
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Preface -- 1. The Sentient Forager -- 1.1. The Optimal Foraging Distance -- 1.2. Learning to Forage Optimally -- 1.3. Energy as a Criterion -- 1.4. Seasonality and Growth, St. Martin -- 1.5. Growth of an Optimal Forager -- 1.6. Optimal Life History of an Optimal Forager -- 1.7. Discussion -- 2. Invasion and Coevolution -- 2.1. Biogeography of Body Size -- 2.2. Early Hypotheses -- 2.3. Evidence for Competition -- 2.4. Theory of Faunal Assembly -- 2.5. Historical Evidence -- 2.6. Hypotheses Evaluated -- 2.7. Biogeography of Habitat Use -- 2.8. Theory of Habitat Use -- 2.9. Discussion -- 3. Origin of the Caribbean -- 3.1. Systematics of Anolis -- 3.2. Biogeographic Data -- 3.3. Geologic Data -- 3.4. Discussion -- 4. The Food Tangle -- 4.1. Food Webs -- 4.2. St. Martin Web--First Pass -- 4.3. St. Martin Web--Second Pass -- 4.4. Puerto Rico -- 4.5. Discussion -- Contents of Diskette.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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The author of this treatise uses the Anolis lizard to demonstrate the concept of ecology models - how ecological context supplies the natural selection that drives evolution and how evolutionary change among species in turn affects their ecological station.