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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Douglas J. Futuyma. COMPETITION AMONG SPECIES Competition among species may take either of two general forms . Competition by EXPLOITATION occurs when one individual consumes a resource and makes it unavailable to others ; the competing ...
Douglas J. Futuyma. COMPETITION AMONG SPECIES Competition among species may take either of two general forms . Competition by EXPLOITATION occurs when one individual consumes a resource and makes it unavailable to others ; the competing ...
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... species A. chrysomphali that had flourished after its introduction some years earlier ( DeBach 1966 ) . Numerous studies have shown that competition exists among species of plants and of many animals in nature ; when the density of one ...
... species A. chrysomphali that had flourished after its introduction some years earlier ( DeBach 1966 ) . Numerous studies have shown that competition exists among species of plants and of many animals in nature ; when the density of one ...
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... species will decline , and the number of extinctions will increase , with the number of species in the locality ; extinction rates are assumed to be higher in small areas simply because the likelihood of extinction depends on population ...
... species will decline , and the number of extinctions will increase , with the number of species in the locality ; extinction rates are assumed to be higher in small areas simply because the likelihood of extinction depends on population ...
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CONCEPTIONS AND MISCONCEPTIONS | 7 |
EVOLUTION SINCE THE SYNTHESIS | 13 |
ADAPTATION AND ENVIRONMENT | 19 |
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