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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... growth is N1 + 1 = RN ,. R may be defined as the ratio of the number of individuals born in two successive generations . As long as the birth rate exceeds the death rate ( r > 0 ) , the population will increase in an exponential fashion ...
... growth is N1 + 1 = RN ,. R may be defined as the ratio of the number of individuals born in two successive generations . As long as the birth rate exceeds the death rate ( r > 0 ) , the population will increase in an exponential fashion ...
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... growth is said to be DENSITY - INDEPENDENT . THE EFFECT OF DENSITY ON POPULATION GROWTH As a population grows , the age - specific birth and death rates change , so the actual rate of increase r is not constant . At very low densities r ...
... growth is said to be DENSITY - INDEPENDENT . THE EFFECT OF DENSITY ON POPULATION GROWTH As a population grows , the age - specific birth and death rates change , so the actual rate of increase r is not constant . At very low densities r ...
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... growth rate of the population if w referred to absolute fitness . But since w is so standardized as to measure relative fitness , one genotype may replace another , yet the growth rate of the population as a whole may not increase . It ...
... growth rate of the population if w referred to absolute fitness . But since w is so standardized as to measure relative fitness , one genotype may replace another , yet the growth rate of the population as a whole may not increase . It ...
Sommario
CONCEPTIONS AND MISCONCEPTIONS | 7 |
EVOLUTION SINCE THE SYNTHESIS | 13 |
ADAPTATION AND ENVIRONMENT | 19 |
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