The Coevolutionary Process - Softcover

Thompson, John N. N.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0226797600 ISBN 13: 9780226797601

Verlag: University of Chicago Press, 1994

Inhaltsangabe

Traditional ecological approaches to species evolution have frequently studied too few species, relatively small areas, and relatively short time spans. In The Coevolutionary Process, John N. Thompson advances a new conceptual approach to the evolution of species interactions—the geographic mosaic theory of coevolution. Thompson demonstrates how an integrated study of life histories, genetics, and the geographic structure of populations yields a broader understanding of coevolution, or the development of reciprocal adaptations and specializations in interdependent species.

Using examples of species interactions from an enormous range of taxa, Thompson examines how and when extreme specialization evolves in interdependent species and how geographic differences in specialization, adaptation, and the outcomes of interactions shape coevolution. Through the geographic mosaic theory, Thompson bridges the gap between the study of specialization and coevolution in local communities and the study of broader patterns seen in comparisons of the phylogenies of interacting species.

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John N. Thompson is professor of botany and zoology and Edward R. Meyer Distinguished Professor in the College of Sciences at Washington State University.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: University of Chicago Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1994
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0226797600
• ISBN 13: 9780226797601
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 388
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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