Evolutionary EcologyPresenting an evolutionary perspective on many areas of ecology, this book, includes new information on speciation, metapopulations, self-deceit, experimental ecology, modern comparative methods, null models, landscape ecology, macroecology, biodiversity and genetic engineering, equilibrium economics and other aspects of applied ecology. |
Contents
Definitions and Groundwork | 5 |
Levels of Approach in Biology | 11 |
Classical Biogeography | 20 |
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