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Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution

The Evolutionary Biology of Species

Timothy (Professor of Evolutionary Biology, Professor of Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, UK) Barraclough

The Evolutionary Biology of Species

Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution

The Evolutionary Biology of Species

Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution: The Evolutionary Biology of Species

 

Presents a synthetic overview of the evolutionary biology of species, incorporating their nature, origins, proliferation, and consequences.


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Beschrijving Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution: The Evolutionary Biology of Species

'Species' are central to understanding the origin and dynamics of biological diversity; explaining why lineages split into multiple distinct species is one of the main goals of evolutionary biology. However the existence of species is often taken for granted, and precisely what is meant by species and whether they really exist as a pattern of nature has rarely been modelled or critically tested. This novel book presents a synthetic overview of the evolutionary biology of species, describing what species are, how they form, the consequences of species boundaries and diversity for evolution, and patterns of species accumulation over time. The central thesis is that species represent more than just a unit of taxonomy; they are a model of how diversity is structured as well as how groups of related organisms evolve. The author adopts an intentionally broad approach, stepping back from the details to consider what species constitute, both theoretically and empirically, and how we detect them, drawing on a wealth of examples from microbes to multicellular organisms.


ISBN
9780198749745
Pagina's
284
Verschenen
Serie
Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution
NUR
300
Druk
1
Uitvoering
Hardback
Taal
Engels
Uitgever
OUP Oxford

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