Big Questions in Ecology and Evolution - Hardcover

Sherratt, Thomas N.; Wilkinson, David M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0199548609 ISBN 13: 9780199548606

Verlag: OUP Oxford, 2009

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Book by Sherratt Thomas N Wilkinson David M

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Each chapter is an exciting and thrilling read...This is fascinating book. Every ecologist will profit from reading it, enjoying the in-depth-analysis of central ecological questions. (Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland)

The serious fun of Big Questions in Ecology and Evolution comes from considering the child-like "why?" Unlike the average responses to questions posed by children, here Sherratt and Wilkinson offer answers as good as science currently can deliver. (SCIENCE)

This is a fascinating book. Every ecologist will profit from reading it. (Basic and Applied Ecology)

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Why do we age? Why cooperate? Why do so many species engage in sex? Why do the tropics have so many species? When did humans start to affect world climate?

This book provides an introduction to a range of fundamental questions that have taxed evolutionary biologists and ecologists for decades. Some of the phenomena discussed are, on first reflection, simply puzzling to understand from an evolutionary perspective, whilst others have direct implications for the future of the planet. All of the questions posed have at least a partial solution, all have seen exciting breakthroughs in recent years, yet many of the explanations continue to be hotly debated.

Big Questions in Ecology and Evolution is a curiosity-driven book, written in an accessible way so as to appeal to a broad audience. It is very deliberately not a formal text book, but something designed to transmit the excitement and breadth of the field by discussing a number of major questions in ecology and evolution and how they have been answered. This is a book aimed at informing and inspiring anybody with an interest in ecology and evolution. It reveals to the reader the immense scope of the field, its fundamental importance, and the exciting breakthroughs that have been made in recent years.

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• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0199548609
• ISBN 13: 9780199548606
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 313