Development Strategies and Biodiversity

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Development is a complex and highly dynamic process involving the cross talk among genes, maternal effects and environmental circumstances. Widespread evidence from plant to animal species show that variation in developmental conditions can modulate life history trajectories and influence key traits, such as growth, reproduction, and senescence. These effects are not limited to a single generation but can also be passed on future generations. This book aims to bring together studies of early life effects from the fields of evolutionary biology, global change biology, and biomedicine to synthesise and improve current knowledge of the mechanisms involved, and how variation in early life conditions translates into Darwinian fitness outcomes. Relying on examples of organisms’ responses to the ongoing and future environmental challenges of the Anthropocene, this book takes a novel approach to address the adaptive meaning of early life effects. The book has a broad scientific approach, targeting eco-evolutionary biologists, behavioural biologists, eco-physiologists, eco-toxicologists, as well as epidemiologists and biomedical scientists. 

Development is a complex and highly dynamic process involving the cross talk among genes, maternal effects and environmental circumstances. Widespread evidence from plant to animal species show that variation in developmental conditions can modulate life history trajectories and influence key traits, such as growth, reproduction, and senescence.  These effects are not limited to a single generation but can also be passed on future generations. This book aims to bring together studies of early life effects from the fields of evolutionary biology, global change biology, and biomedicine to synthesise and improve current knowledge of the mechanisms involved, and how variation in early life conditions translates into Darwinian fitness outcomes. Relying on examples of organisms’ responses to the ongoing and future environmental challenges of the Anthropocene, this book takes a novel approach to address the adaptive meaning of early life effects. The book has a broad scientific approach, targeting eco-evolutionary biologists, behavioural biologists, eco-physiologists, eco-toxicologists, as well as epidemiologists and biomedical scientists. 

Focuses on the impact of early life experience on the adult phenotype, from its functions to its evolutionary meaning Multi-species and inter-disciplinary to enable the reader to assess the topic from multiple perspectives Includes novel ideas and approaches to understand the evolution of development strategies

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David Costantini

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Adaptation Developmental Programming Developmental Plasticity and Ontogeny Developmental Stress Early Life Experience Early-Life Environment Phenotypic Diversity Trans-generational Inheritance

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“This volume explores a variety of case studies around a small set of themes. The most significant feature of this book concerns how it brings together issues in developmental biology to the Anthropocene. It serves as a call for better integration of the study of development alongside evolutionary biology, ecology, and conservation biology. It is also a fascinating examination of how small-scale processes such as development can affect large-scale biological diversity.” (Jay Odenbaugh, The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol. 98 (3), September, 2023)
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