| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 472 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Monographs in population biology ; no. 37
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Monographs in population biology ; 37.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-455) and index. |
| Contents |
Evidence for Niche Construction -- A Theoretical Investigation of the Evolutionary Consequences of Niche Construction -- General Qualitative Characteristics of Niche Construction -- Niche Construction and Ecology -- Human Niche Construction, Learning, and Cultural Processes -- Testing Niche Construction 1: Empirical Methods and Predictions for Evolutionary Biology -- Testing Niche Construction 2: Empirical Methods, Theory, and Predictions for Ecology -- Testing Niche Construction 3: Empirical Methods and Predictions for the Human Sciences -- Extended Evolutionary Theory. |
| Summary |
The seemingly innocent observation that the activities of organisms bring about changes in environments is so obvious that it seems an unlikely focus for a new line of thinking about evolution. Yet niche construction--as this process of organism-driven environmental modification is known--has hidden complexities. By transforming biotic and abiotic sources of natural selection in external environments, niche construction generates feedback in evolution on a scale hitherto underestimated--and in a manner that transforms the evolutionary dynamic. It also plays a critical role in ecology, suppo. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Niche (Ecology)
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Niche (Ecology) |
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Evolution (Biology)
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Evolution (Biology) |
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Human ecology.
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Human ecology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Laland, Kevin N.
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Feldman, Marcus W.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Odling-Smee, F. John, 1935- Niche construction. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2003 0691044384 (DLC) 2002031747 (OCoLC)50476701 |
| ISBN |
9781400847266 (electronic book) |
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1400847265 (electronic book) |
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0691044384 |
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9780691044385 |
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0691044376 |
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9780691044378 |
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