Evolutionary BiologyOxford University Press, Incorporated, 1979 - 565 pagine Futuyma (ecology and evolution, SUNY Stony Brook) covers such subject areas as phylogeny, paleobiology, genetic mechanisms of change and speciation, character evolution, the theory of processes and macroevolution, and new molecular perspectives. Numerous line drawings, charts, diagrams, and maps are provided. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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Douglas J. Futuyma. Diversity ( per cent of maximum ) 100 75 50 O Silurian Devonian Carboniferous Cambrian Ordovician Permian Triassic Jurassic Cretaceous Cenozoic Diversity ( per cent of maximum ) B 100 75 50 25 A ( A ) The fossil ...
Douglas J. Futuyma. Diversity ( per cent of maximum ) 100 75 50 O Silurian Devonian Carboniferous Cambrian Ordovician Permian Triassic Jurassic Cretaceous Cenozoic Diversity ( per cent of maximum ) B 100 75 50 25 A ( A ) The fossil ...
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... diversity of invertebrates dropped accordingly . Both before and after the mass extinction , diversity followed the species - area relation S = CA ; diversity , they argue , had simply dropped to the new equilibrium determined by the ...
... diversity of invertebrates dropped accordingly . Both before and after the mass extinction , diversity followed the species - area relation S = CA ; diversity , they argue , had simply dropped to the new equilibrium determined by the ...
Pagina 119
... diversity . At each of several sites in the Panama Canal Zone ( C ) and in Puerto Rico ( P ) , where the diversity of bird species is lower , measurements were taken of bird diversity and of the amount of foliage at several levels above ...
... diversity . At each of several sites in the Panama Canal Zone ( C ) and in Puerto Rico ( P ) , where the diversity of bird species is lower , measurements were taken of bird diversity and of the amount of foliage at several levels above ...
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A Synopsis of Evolutionary Theory | 19 |
Heredity and Development | 33 |
The Ecological Context of Evolutionary Change | 51 |
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