Evolution Essays in Honour of John Maynard Smith

John Maynard Smith was originally trained as an engineer but, despite important excursions into animal mechanics, ecology and ethology, he is now best known as an international authority on evolution. His pre-eminence is based in large part on original research contributions coupled with an uncanny ability for revealing simple explanations to apparently intractable problems. This wide-ranging volume contains a collection of new and original essays, all inspired by Maynard Smith's writings. The essays span the whole field of evolutionary biology: from microevolution to macroevolution; from evolutionarily stable strategies to sympatric speciation; and from population processes in plants to the arithmetic of assessment in animals.

Part I. Population Genetics and Evolution Theory: 1. Population genetics R. C. Lewontin; 2. Somatic mutations as an evolutionary force M. Slatkin; 3. The flow of genes through a genetic barrier B. O. Bengtsson; 4. Intraspecific resource competition as a cause of sympatric speciation J. Seger; 5. Darwinian evolution in ecosystems: the Red Queen view N. C. Stenseth; 6. Game theory and animal behaviour G. A. Parker and P. Hammerstein; 7. Behavioural structure and the evolution of cooperation R. E. Michod and M. J. Sanderson; Part II. Adaptations, Constraints and Patterns of Evolution: 8. Evolutionary ecology and John Maynard Smith R. M. May; 9. The evolution of senescence M. R. Rose; 10. Germination strategies J. A. Leon; 11. When plants play the field J. Silvertown; 12. Homage to the null weasel P. H. Harvey and K. Ralls; 13. Asymmetric contests in social mammals: respect, manipulation and age-specific aspects C. Packer and A. Pusey; 14. Functions of communal care in mammals J. L. Gittleman; Part III. the Evolutionary Ecology of Sex: 15. Recombination and sex: is Maynard Smith necessary? J. Felsenstein; 16. Birth sex ratios and the reproductive success of sons and daughters T. H. Clutton-Brock; 17. Distribution of dioecy and self-incompatibility in angiosperms D. Charlesworth; 18. Natural selection and the evolutionary ecology of sex allocation E. L. Charnov; 19. The evolution of sexual size dimorphism in birds and mammals: a 'hot-blooded' hypothesis P. J. Greenwood and P. Wheeler; 20. Leks and the unanimity of female choice J. W. Bradbury, S. L. Vehrencamp and R. Gibson.

This wide-ranging volume contains a collection of new and original essays, all inspired by Maynard Smith's writings. The essays span the whole field of evolutionary biology: from microevolution to macroevolution; from evolutionarily stable strategies to sympatric speciation; and from population processes in plants to the arithmetic of assessment in animals.