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The flexible phenotype : a body-centred integration of ecology, physiology, and behaviour /
The Flexible Phenotype attempts a true synthesis of physiology, behaviour, and ecology by developing an empirical argument that describes the intimate connections between phenotypes and their environments. It portrays an ecological angle to the rapidly growing extended synthesis in evolutionary biol...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2011.
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| Colección: | Oxford biology.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- pt. I. Basics of organismal design
- Maintaining the balance of heat, water, nutrients, and energy
- Symmorphosis : principle and limitations of economic design
- pt. II. Adding environment
- Metabolic ceilings : the ecology of physiological restraint
- Phenotypic plasticity : matching phenotypes to environmental demands
- pt. III. Adding behaviour
- Optimal behaviour : currencies and constraints
- Optimal foraging : the dynamic choice between diets, feeding patches, and gut sizes
- pt. IV. Towards a fully integrated view
- Beyond the physical balance : disease and predation
- Population consequences : conservation and management of flexible phenotypes
- Evolution in five dimensions : phenotypes first!