Demons in Eden : The Paradox of Plant Diversity /

At the heart of evolution lies a bewildering paradox. Natural selection favors above all the individual that leaves the most offspring-a superorganism of sorts that Jonathan Silvertown here calls the "Darwinian demon." But if such a demon existed, this highly successful organism would popu...

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Autor principal: Silvertown, Jonathan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2008]
Temas:
SCIENCE / General.
biodiversity, evolution, natural selection, darwin, science, ecology, environment, environmentalism, preservation, conservation, plants, species, invasive, archipelago, canary islands, mexico, tropical rainforests, florida, freshwater, wetlands, royal botanical gardens, japan, botany, ecosystem, nonfiction, biology, life sciences.
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