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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Pagina 98
... habitats it occupied . Habitat generalists could then well survive better than habitat specialists , but extinction might otherwise be almost random with respect to species ' overall adaptations ( Gould and Eldredge 1977 ) ...
... habitats it occupied . Habitat generalists could then well survive better than habitat specialists , but extinction might otherwise be almost random with respect to species ' overall adaptations ( Gould and Eldredge 1977 ) ...
Pagina 117
... habitats . Their movement indicates that species can expand their ranges very rapidly to occupy suitable habitats almost as soon as they become available . The species equilibrium should therefore be reached rapidly , although the ...
... habitats . Their movement indicates that species can expand their ranges very rapidly to occupy suitable habitats almost as soon as they become available . The species equilibrium should therefore be reached rapidly , although the ...
Pagina 122
... habitats . Meeting little competitive resistance from a species- poor native fauna , they invade the rain forest and evolve into ecolog- ically specialized species . These species tend not to colonize other islands ; they eventually ...
... habitats . Meeting little competitive resistance from a species- poor native fauna , they invade the rain forest and evolve into ecolog- ically specialized species . These species tend not to colonize other islands ; they eventually ...
Sommario
A Synopsis of Evolutionary Theory | 19 |
Heredity and Development | 33 |
The Ecological Context of Evolutionary Change | 51 |
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