Evolution and Escalation: An Ecological History of Life
Geerat J. Vermeij
Here is one biologist's interpretation of the chronology of life during the last six hundred million years of earth history: an extended essay that draws on the author's own data and a wide-ranging literature survey to discuss the nature and dynamics of evolutionary change in organisms and their biological surroundings. Geerat Vermeij demonstrates that escalation--the process by which species adapt to, or are limited by, their enemies as the latter increase in ability to acquire and retain resources--has been a dominant theme in the history of life despite frequent episodes of extinction.
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Рік:
2021
Видавництво:
Princeton University Press
Мова:
english
ISBN 10:
0691000808
ISBN 13:
9780691000800
Файл:
EPUB, 24.65 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2021
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