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The geographic mosaic of coevolution /

Coevolution-reciprocal evolutionary change in interacting species driven by natural selection-is one of the most important ecological and genetic processes organizing the earth's biodiversity: most plants and animals require coevolved interactions with other species to survive and reproduce. Th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thompson, John N., 1951-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005.
Colección:Interspecific interactions.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Coevolution-reciprocal evolutionary change in interacting species driven by natural selection-is one of the most important ecological and genetic processes organizing the earth's biodiversity: most plants and animals require coevolved interactions with other species to survive and reproduce. The Geographic Mosaic of Coevolution analyzes how the biology of species provides the raw material for long-term coevolution, evaluates how local coadaptation forms the basic module of coevolutionary change, and explores how the coevolutionary process reshapes locally coevolving interactions ac.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 443 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-425) and index.
ISBN:9780226118697
022611869X