Niche construction : the neglected process in evolution /
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...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
©2003.
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| Series: | Monographs in population biology ;
37. |
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Table of Contents:
- The 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.