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Evolution on planet earth : the impact of the physical environment /
Driving evolution forward, the Earth's physical environment has challenged the very survival of organisms and ecosystems throughout the ages. With a fresh new perspective, Evolution on Planet Earth shows how these physical realities and hurdles shaped the primary phases of life on the planet. T...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Boston :
Academic Press,
©2003.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The Physical Setting for Early Life
- An Evolutionary Perspective of Nitrogen Fixation
- The Coupled Evolution of Life and Atmospheric Oxygen
- Chemistry of the Early Oceans
- The Role of Carbon Dioxide in Plant Evolution
- Solar Energy and Life
- Could Life Travel across Interplanetary Space?
- Genome Evolution and the Impact of the Physical Environment
- The Impact of Gravity on Life
- Gravity, the Atmosphere and the Evolution of Animal Locomotion
- Evolution and Low Temperatures
- Temperature, Tectonics, and Evolution
- The Interplay of Physical and Biotic Factors in Macroevolution
- The Causes of Phanerozoic Extinctions
- Drifting Continents and Life on Earth
- Land-Sea Relations and Speciation in the Marine and Terrestrial Realms
- Tectonics, Climatic Change, and the Evolution of Mammalian Ecosystems
- Ice Ages, Species Distributions, and Evolution
- Environmental Variability and Its Impace on Adaptive Evolution, with Special Reference to Human Origins
- The Younger Dryas, Climatic Change, and the Beginnings of Agriculture
- The Physical Constraints on Extraterrestrial Life.