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Science 3 July 2009:
Vol. 325. no. 5936, p. 35
DOI: 10.1126/science.1175596
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Evolution:

The Ecological Theater

Anne E. Magurran

Speciation and Patterns of Diversity Roger K. Butlin, Jon R. Bridle, and Dolph Schluter, Eds. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2009. 345 pp. $140, £75. ISBN 9780521883184. Paper, $63, £35. ISBN 9780521709637. Ecological Reviews.

The contributors explore such issues as the nature of species, how species are counted, limits on diversity, mechanisms of speciation and adaptation, and speciation rates.

The reviewer is at the Scottish Oceans Institute, School of Biology, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife KY16 8LB, Scotland, UK.

E-mail: aem1{at}st-andrews.ac.uk

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