TY - JOUR AU - Inouye, David W. AB - BOOK REVIEWS netic aspects of evolution, pp. 149-165. In D. M. the guinea pig. Cold Spr. Harb. Symp. Quant. BioI. Raup and D. Jablonski (eds.), Patterns and Pro­ 2: 137-147. cesses in the History of Life. Springer-Verlag, Ber­ lin, W. Ger. WRIGHT, S. 1934. Genetics of abnormal growth in Corresponding Editor: J. B. Mitton Evohaion, 43(7). 1989, pp. 1573-1574 DAVID W. INOUYE Mountain Research Station. INSTMR. CB 450. University of Colorado. Boulder. CO 80309 Received April 25, 1989 studies. The additional data base for current angio­ As Willemstein points out in his introduction to An sperms was compiled by coding species from 22 fam­ Evolutionary Basis for Pollination Ecology, descrip­ ilies of the central European angiosperm flora for eco­ tions of pollination ecology are usually narrative, "and logically important character states (flower type, color, in many cases even anecdotal, presenting case histories position of anthers, nectar presence and position, etc.). rather than generalizations" (p. I). This book attempts These two data matrices were then used for qualitative the unusual: a general description ofevolutionary trends, and quantitative analyses (e.g., is an insect group cor­ based on current knowledge of pollinator and angio­ related with particular floral character states?). In order TI - AN EVOLUTIONARY BASIS FOR POLLINATION ECOLOGY JF - Evolution DO - 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1989.tb02609.x DA - 1989-11-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/an-evolutionary-basis-for-pollination-ecology-BjYvsSKYms SP - 1573 EP - 1574 VL - 43 IS - 7 DP - DeepDyve ER -