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CONTENTS Foreword by Harry W. Greene • ix Acknowledgments • xiii Prologue: The Case for Anolis • xvii 1. Evolutionary Biology as a Historical Science • 1 2. Meet the Anoles! • 11 3. Five Anole Faunas, Part One: Greater Antillean Ecomorphs • 29 4. Five Anole Faunas, Part Two: The Other Four • 59 5. Phylogenetics, Evolutionary Inference, and Anole Relationships • 81 6. Phylogenetic Perspective on the Timing and Biogeography of Anole Evolution • 99 7. Evolution of Ecomorphological Diversity • 113 8. Cradle to Grave: Anole Life History and Population Biology • 135 9. Social Behavior, Sexual Selection, and Sexual Dimorphism • 161 10. Habitat Use • 189 11. Ecology and Adaptive Radiation • 205 vii losos_fm.qxd 4/11/09 9:52 AM Page vii 12. Natural Selection and Microevolution • 233 13. Form, Function, and Adaptive Radiation • 257 14. Speciation and Geographic Differentiation • 291 15. The Evolution of an Adaptive Radiation • 317 16. The Five Faunas Reconsidered • 351 17. Are Anoles Special, and If So, Why? • 383 Afterword • 411 References • 421 Index • 495 viii • C O N T E N T S losos_fm.qxd 4/11/09 9:52 AM Page viii ...

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