Evolutionary BiologySinauer Associates, 1986 - 600 pagine Covers the genetic, developmental, and ecological mechanisms of evolutionary change, the major features of evolutionary history as revealed by phylogenetic and paleontological studies, and material on adaptation, molecular evolution, co-evolution, and human evolution. |
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... PREY The subject of density - dependent population growth is integrally related to that of interactions between predators and their prey , or , more generally , between consumers and the species they consume . Because a consumer feeds ...
... PREY The subject of density - dependent population growth is integrally related to that of interactions between predators and their prey , or , more generally , between consumers and the species they consume . Because a consumer feeds ...
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... prey combinations are unstable , other combinations persist for any of several reasons . Predators are often unable to find all the potential prey , some of which remain inaccessible . A prey species may survive through dispersal : the ...
... prey combinations are unstable , other combinations persist for any of several reasons . Predators are often unable to find all the potential prey , some of which remain inaccessible . A prey species may survive through dispersal : the ...
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... prey . One prey species may therefore become extinct , because the other maintains the predator at high density . Thus the dynamics of two such prey populations , viewed without reference to the predator , has the appearance of ...
... prey . One prey species may therefore become extinct , because the other maintains the predator at high density . Thus the dynamics of two such prey populations , viewed without reference to the predator , has the appearance of ...
Sommario
CONCEPTIONS AND MISCONCEPTIONS | 7 |
EVOLUTION SINCE THE SYNTHESIS | 13 |
ADAPTATION AND ENVIRONMENT | 19 |
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