Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics: 1990 (Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics)

Contents: The Evolution of Prokaryotes: Does Sex Matter?; Sex Allocation Theory for Birds and Mammals; Biogeography of Nocturnal Insectivores: Historical Events and Ecological Filters; The End-Permian Mass Extinction; Digestive Associations Between Marine Detritivores and Bacteria; Multivariate Analysis in Ecology and Systematics: Panacea or Pandora's Box?; The Response of Natural Ecosystems to the Rising Global CO2 Levels; DNA Systematics and Evolution of Primates; Competition and Predation in Marine Soft-Sediment Communities; Host Specialization in Phytophagous Insects; Fungal Endophytes of Grasses; Morphometrics; Functional Morphology and Systematics: Studying Functional Patterns in an Historical Context; Function and Phylogeny of Spider Webs; Experimental Studies of Natural Selection in Bacteria; Plant-Pollinator Interactions in Tropical Rain Forests; The Ecology and Economics of Storage in Plants; Evolution of Dispersal: Theoretical Models and Empirical Tests Using Birds and Mammals; A Model System for Coevolution: Avian Brood Parasitism; The Geologic History of Diversity; Ribosomal RNA in Vertebrates: Evolution and Phylogenetic Applications