Evolution's wedge : competition and the origins of diversity / David W. Pfennig and Karin S. Pfennig.
Material type:
- 9780520274181 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 577.83 23 P528
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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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