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Niche construction : the neglected process in evolution /

The seemingly innocent observation that the activities of organisms bring about changes in environments is so obvious that it seems an unlikely focus for a new line of thinking about evolution. Yet niche construction--as this process of organism-driven environmental modification is known--has hidden...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Odling-Smee, F. John, 1935- (Autor), Laland, Kevin N. (Autor), Feldman, Marcus W. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2003.
Colección:Monographs in population biology ; 37.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Evidence for Niche Construction
  • A Theoretical Investigation of the Evolutionary Consequences of Niche Construction
  • General Qualitative Characteristics of Niche Construction
  • Niche Construction and Ecology
  • Human Niche Construction, Learning, and Cultural Processes
  • Testing Niche Construction 1: Empirical Methods and Predictions for Evolutionary Biology
  • Testing Niche Construction 2: Empirical Methods, Theory, and Predictions for Ecology
  • Testing Niche Construction 3: Empirical Methods and Predictions for the Human Sciences
  • Extended Evolutionary Theory.