Macroevolution : explanation, interpretation and evidence / Emanuele Serrelli, Nathalie Gontier, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Serrelli, Emanuele, editor.

Gontier, Nathalie, editor.

Series:

Interdisciplinary evolution research ; v. 2.

Interdisciplinary evolution research, 2199-3068 ; Volume 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Macroevolution.

Evolution (Biology).

Physical Description:

xii, 403 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland ; New York : Springer, [2015]

Contents:

Macroevolutionary issues and approaches in evolutionary biology / Emanuele Serrelli and Nathalie Gontier

Part I. Macroevolutionary Explanations and Interpretations. Can modern evolutionary theory explain macroevolution? / Douglas J. Futuyma ; Evolution as a largely autonomous process / Folmer Bokma ; Visualizing macroevolution : from adaptive landscapes to compositions of multiple spaces / Emanuele Serrelli ; Toward a natural philosophy of macroevolution / Stanley N. Salthe ; Networks and hierarchies : approaching complexity in evolutionary theory / Ilya Tëmkin and Niles Eldredge ; Uniting micro- with macroevolution into an extended synthesis : reintegrating life's natural history into evolution studies / Nathalie Gontier

Part II. Evidencing macroevolution with Case Studies. Using microevolution to explain the macroevolutionary observations for the evolution of sex / Lutz Becks and Yasaman Alavi ; Speciation : expanding the role of biogeography and niche breadth in macroevolutionary theory / Alycia L. Stigall ; Morphological misfits and the architecture of development / Alessandro Minelli ; Macroevolution in and around the hominin clade / Bernard Wood and Mark Grabowski ; Facing the big sixth : from prioritizing species to conserving biodiversity / Elena Casetta and Jorge Marques da Silva.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783319150444

3319150448

OCLC:

898532066