Evolution's wedge : competition and the origins of diversity / David W. Pfennig, Karin S. Pfennig.
Material type:
TextSeries: Organisms and environmentsPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2012.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 303 pages)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780520954045
- 0520954041
- 0520274180
- 9780520274181
- 9781283584142
- 128358414X
- Divergence (Biology)
- Competition (Biology)
- Animal diversity
- Divergence (Biologie)
- Compétition (Biologie)
- Diversité animale
- NATURE -- Ecology
- NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Wilderness
- SCIENCE -- Environmental Science
- SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Ecology
- Animal diversity
- Competition (Biology)
- Divergence (Biology)
- Konkurrenz Biologie
- Evolution
- Artenreichtum
- Artbildung
- 577.8/3 23
- QH408 .P44 2012eb
- WH 3000
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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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