Evolutionary BiologyFutuyma (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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We thus have an n - dimensional space , with one axis for each of n
environmental factors . Within this space is a region consisting of a cloud of
points , each representing a particular combination of temperature , prey size ,
salinity , copper ...
We thus have an n - dimensional space , with one axis for each of n
environmental factors . Within this space is a region consisting of a cloud of
points , each representing a particular combination of temperature , prey size ,
salinity , copper ...
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ment , the density attained when population growth is stopped by limiting factors ,
whatever they may be . “ The causes which check the natural tendency of each
species to increase are most obscure , ” Darwin said , and they still are .
ment , the density attained when population growth is stopped by limiting factors ,
whatever they may be . “ The causes which check the natural tendency of each
species to increase are most obscure , ” Darwin said , and they still are .
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What factors limit the geographic range of a species ? Over a geographic transect
the environment usually changes gradually , but the edge of a species ' range is
often abrupt . Why ? Why should it be incapable of adapting enough to extend ...
What factors limit the geographic range of a species ? Over a geographic transect
the environment usually changes gradually , but the edge of a species ' range is
often abrupt . Why ? Why should it be incapable of adapting enough to extend ...
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Sommario
Prelude to the Study of Evolution | 17 |
Heredity and Development | 33 |
The Ecological Context of Evolutionary Change | 51 |
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| Titolo | Evolutionary Biology |
| Autore | Douglas J. Futuyma |
| Illustrato da | Sarah Landry |
| Edizione | illustrata |
| Editore | Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1979 |
| Provenienza dell'originale | la University of Michigan |
| Digitalizzato | 23 feb 2010 |
| ISBN | 0878931996, 9780878931996 |
| Lunghezza | 565 pagine |
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