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Evolution's wedge : competition and the origins of diversity / David W. Pfennig and Karin S. Pfennig.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Organisms and environments ; no. 12Publication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2012.Description: xiv, 303 p. : ill., map ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 9780520274181 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 577.83 23 P528
Contents:
1. Discovery of a unifying principle-- 2. Why character displacement occurs-- 3. When character displacement occurs-- 4. How character displacement unfolds-- 5. Diversity and novelty within species-- 6. Ecological consequences-- 7. Sexual selection-- 8. Speciation-- 9. Macroevolution-- 10. Major themes and unsolved problems-- References-- Index.
Summary: Evolutionary biology has long sought to explain how new traits and new species arise. In their synthetic and provocative book David and Karin Pfennig explore competition's role in generating and maintaining biodiversity.
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Books ISI Library, Kolkata 577.83 P528 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 135645
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-290) and index.

1. Discovery of a unifying principle--
2. Why character displacement occurs--
3. When character displacement occurs--
4. How character displacement unfolds--
5. Diversity and novelty within species--
6. Ecological consequences--
7. Sexual selection--
8. Speciation--
9. Macroevolution--
10. Major themes and unsolved problems--

References--
Index.

Evolutionary biology has long sought to explain how new traits and new species arise. In their synthetic and provocative book David and Karin Pfennig explore competition's role in generating and maintaining biodiversity.

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