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Species
The units of biodiversity
Av M.F. Claridge, A.H. Dawah m. fl.
Inbunden, 1997
2510 kr
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A major thrust of scientific concern in recent years has been the problems of documenting and conserving biodiversity and the establishment of systems of sustainable development. We do not even know approximately how many species in different groups of living organisms share the planet with us! The …
Ecology of Agricultural Pests
Biochemical approaches
Av W.O.C. Symondson, J.E. Liddell
Inbunden, 1996
3272 kr
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Advances in biochemical techniques are revolutionizing the study of invertebrate ecology. Their application to pest problems is generating detailed information on the population genetics of pests, pest-predator relationships and interactions between pests and their environment.
Arthropod Relationships
Av Richard A. Fortey, Richard H. Thomas
Inbunden, 1997
2184 kr
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The arthropods contain more species than any other animal group, but the evolutionary pathways which led to their current diversity are still an issue of controversy. Arthropod Relationships provides an overview of our current understanding, responding to the new data arising from sequencing DNA, …
Evolutionary Relationships Among Protozoa
Av Graham H. Coombs, Keith Vickerman m. fl.
Inbunden, 1998
4361 kr
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The evolutionary biology of protozoa is a field in which exciting changes are taking place. Relationships between different groups of protozoa are undergoing extensive review and the revised views will have significant repercussions for future investigations. New data from molecular and …
Evolution of Plant-Pollinator Relationships
Inbunden, 2011
1856 kr
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What are the evolutionary mechanisms and ecological implications behind a pollinator choosing its favourite flower? Sixty-five million years of evolution has created the complex and integrated system which we see today and understanding the interactions involved is key to environmental …
Descriptive Taxonomy
The Foundation of Biodiversity Research
Av Mark F. Watson, Chris H. C. Lyal m. fl.
Inbunden, 2015
1749 kr
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In an age when biodiversity is being lost at an unprecedented rate, it is vital that floristic and faunistic information is up to date, reliable and easily accessible for the formulation of effective conservation strategies. Electronic data management and communication are transforming descriptive …
Flowers on the Tree of Life
Av Louis P. Ronse de Craene, Livia Wanntorp m. fl.
Inbunden, 2011
1195 kr
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Genetic and molecular studies have recently come to dominate botanical research at the expense of more traditional morphological approaches. This broad introduction to modern flower systematics demonstrates the great potential that floral morphology has to complement molecular data in phylogenetic …
Climate Change, Ecology and Systematics
Av Trevor R. Hodkinson, Michael B. Jones m. fl.
Inbunden, 2011
1531 kr
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Climate change has shaped life in the past and will continue to do so in the future. Understanding the interactions between climate and biodiversity is a complex challenge to science. With contributions from 60 key researchers, this book examines the ongoing impact of climate change on the ecology …
Biogeography of Microscopic Organisms
Is Everything Small Everywhere?
Inbunden, 2011
1520 kr
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Bringing together the viewpoints of leading experts in taxonomy, ecology and biogeography of different taxa, this book synthesises discussion surrounding the so-called 'everything is everywhere' hypothesis. It addresses the processes that generate spatial patterns of diversity and biogeography in …
Biotic Evolution and Environmental Change in Southeast Asia
Av David Gower, Kenneth Johnson m. fl.
Inbunden, 2012
1726 kr
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The flora and fauna of Southeast Asia are exceptionally diverse. The region includes several terrestrial biodiversity hotspots and is the principal global hotspot for marine diversity, but it also faces the most intense challenges of the current global biodiversity crisis. Providing reviews, …
Cladistics
A Guide to Biological Classification
Av David M. Williams, Malte C. Ebach
Inbunden, 2020
1378 kr
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This new edition of a foundational text presents a contemporary review of cladistics, as applied to biological classification. It provides a comprehensive account of the past fifty years of discussion on the relationship between classification, phylogeny and evolution. It covers cladistics in the …
Early Events in Monocot Evolution
Inbunden, 2013
1254 kr
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Tracing the evolution of one of the most ancient major branches of flowering plants, this is a wide-ranging survey of state-of-the-art research on the early clades of the monocot phylogenetic tree. It explores a series of broad but linked themes, providing for the first time a detailed and coherent …
Next Generation Systematics
Av Peter D. Olson, Joseph Hughes m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
1184 kr
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We live in an age of ubiquitous genomics. Next generation sequencing (NGS) technology, both widely adopted and advancing at pace, has transformed the data landscape, opening up an enormous source of heritable characters to the comparative biologist. Its impact on systematics, like many other fields …
Ancestors in Evolutionary Biology
Linear Thinking about Branching Trees
Inbunden, 2022
1097 kr
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Phylogenetics emerged in the second half of the nineteenth century as a speculative storytelling discipline dedicated to providing narrative explanations for the evolution of taxa and their traits. It coincided with lineage thinking, a process that mentally traces character evolution along lineages …
Cladistics
A Guide to Biological Classification
Av David M. Williams, Malte C. Ebach
Häftad, 2020
590 kr
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This new edition of a foundational text presents a contemporary review of cladistics, as applied to biological classification. It provides a comprehensive account of the past fifty years of discussion on the relationship between classification, phylogeny and evolution. It covers cladistics in the …
The Origin and Early Evolutionary History of Snakes
Av David J. Gower, Hussam Zaher
Inbunden, 2022
1174 kr
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Snakes comprise nearly 4,000 extant species found on all major continents except Antarctica. Morphologically and ecologically diverse, they include burrowing, arboreal, and marine forms, feeding on prey ranging from insects to large mammals. Snakes are strikingly different from their closest lizard …
Cryptic Species
Morphological Stasis, Circumscription, and Hidden Diversity
Av Alexandre K. Monro, Simon J. Mayo
Inbunden, 2022
1270 kr
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Cryptic species are organisms which look identical, but which represent distinct evolutionary lineages. They are an emerging trend in organismal biology across all groups, from flatworms, insects, amphibians, primates, to vascular plants. This book critically evaluates the phenomenon of cryptic …
Arthropod Relationships
Av Richard A. Fortey, Richard H. Thomas
Häftad, 2012
2182 kr
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The arthropods contain more species than any other animal group, but the evolutionary pathways which led to their current diversity are still an issue of controversy. Arthropod Relationships provides an overview of our current understanding, responding to the new data arising from sequencing DNA, …
Interactions in the Marine Benthos
Global Patterns and Processes
Av Stephen J. Hawkins, Katrin Bohn m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
1226 kr
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The synthesis of the Aquatic Biodiversity and Ecosystems Conference (ABEC) 2015, which was held to assess scientific progress over the past twnety-five years, this book provides a comprehensive and global review of work since the 1992 publication of Plant-Animal Interactions in the Marine Benthos. …
