Discovering evolutionary ecology : bringing together ecology and evolution

Discovering evolutionary ecology : bringing together ecology and evolution / Peter J. Mayhew.

Why are some kinds of organism species-rich and others species-poor? How do new species arise and why do some go extinct? Why do organisms grow and behave the way they do? This book provides an introduction to evolutionary ecology, the science that brings ecology and evolution together to help under...

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Main Author: Mayhew, Peter J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Series:Oxford biology.
Subjects:
Ecology.
Evolution (Biology)
evolution.
ecology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Evolution.
Ecology
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Table of Contents:
  • CONTENTS; 1 Where two fields meet; 2 Evolutionary cover-stories; 3 Brave new worlds; 4 Traits, invariants, and theories of everything; 5 Sons, daughters, and distorters; 6 Voyagers, residents, and sleepers; 7 Doing adaptive things; 8 Evolution and numbers; 9 A world of specialists; 10 The good, the bad, and the commensal; 11 Evolving together; 12 Birth of species; 13 Death of species; 14 Big evolution; 15 Big ecology; 16 Combining in diversity; REFERENCES; GLOSSARY; INDEX.

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