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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Organisms and environmentsPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2012.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 303 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780520954045
  • 0520954041
  • 0520274180
  • 9780520274181
  • 9781283584142
  • 128358414X
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 577.8/3 23
LOC classification:
  • QH408 .P44 2012eb
Other classification:
  • WH 3000
Online resources:
Contents:
Discovery of a unifying principle -- Why character displacement occurs -- When character displacement occurs -- How character displacement unfolds -- Diversity and novelty within species -- Ecological consequences -- Sexual selection -- Speciation -- Macroevolution -- Major themes and unresolved problems.
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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Includes bibliographical references and 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.

Discovery of a unifying principle -- Why character displacement occurs -- When character displacement occurs -- How character displacement unfolds -- Diversity and novelty within species -- Ecological consequences -- Sexual selection -- Speciation -- Macroevolution -- Major themes and unresolved problems.

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