Macroevolution : explanation, interpretation and evidence /: explanation, interpretation and evidence. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Emanuele Serrelli, Nathalie Gontier, editors.
• Editors: Serrelli, Emanuele; Gontier, Nathalie
• Contents: Part 1: Macroevolutionary Explanations and Interpretations -- Can Modern Evolutionary Theory Explain Macroevolution? -- Evolution as a Largely Autonomous Process -- Visualizing Macroevolution: From Adaptive Landscapes to Compositions of Multiple Spaces -- Toward a Natural Philosophy of Macroevolution -- Networks and Hierarchies: Approaching Complexity in Evolutionary Theory -- Uniting Micro -- with Macroevolution into an Extended Synthesis: Reintegrating Life?s Natural History into Evolution Studies -- Part 2: Evidencing Macroevolution with Case Studies -- Using Microevolution to Explain the Macroevolutionary Observations for the Evolution of Sex -- Speciation: Expanding the Role of Biogeography and Niche Breadth in Macroevolutionary Theory -- Morphological Misfits and the Architecture of Development -- Macroevolution In and Around the Hominin Clade -- Facing the Big Sixth: From Prioritizing Species to Conserving Biodiversity.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 403 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 576.8; Life sciences; Macroevolution; Biological Evolution; Biodiversity; Adaptation, Biological; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Evolution; Macroevolution; Life Sciences; Evolutionary Biology; Biodiversity; Paleontology; Philosophy of Biology; Science -- Life Sciences -- Ecology; Science -- Paleontology; Philosophy -- Reference; Biodiversity; Palaeontology; Philosophy; Evolution (Biology); Biodiversity; Paleontology ; Evolution; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319150451; 3319150456; 3319150448; 9783319150444
• Related ISBNs: 9783319150444
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 19, 2015).
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