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_b.H534 2009
092 _a577
_bH651
100 1 _aHilleman, Terry.
245 1 0 _aEnvironmental biology
_h[electronic resource] :
_bthe conditions of life : environmental selection, extinction, creation, adaptation and overpopulation /
_cTerry Hilleman.
260 _aEnfield, N.H. :
_bScience Publishers,
_cc2009.
300 _axvi, 375 p.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [367]-369) and index.
505 0 _a1. Overview -- 2. Retrospective -- 3. Beyond ancient history -- 4. The atmosphere -- 5. Milankovitch cycle(s) -- 6. Climate -- 7. Major environmental extinction events -- 8. Extinction events initiate change -- 9. Chicken Little was right -- 10. Fire down below -- 11. Constant extinction -- 12. Ecological succession -- 13. Extinction event significance -- 14. Environmental extinction and environmental creation -- 15. Environmental creation significance -- 16. The rest of the story -- 17. Environmentally AND genetically determined evolution -- 18. Alone -- 19. Genetic perspective -- 20. Genotype and phenotype -- 21. Alleles -- 22. Mutation -- 23. Phenotype and environment -- 24. Genetic constraint -- 25. Genetic variation -- 26. Environmental adaptation -- 27. A foundation of modern evolutionary biology -- 28. Difficulties on theory -- 29. Environmentally-determined evolution? -- 30. Macroevolution and microevolution -- 31. Philosophy of genetic mechanisms -- 32. Biochemistry of genetic mechanisms -- 33. Primary production -- 34. Respiration -- 35. Ecosystem energy flow -- 36. Common ground -- 37. Biodiversity -- 38. Habitat diversity -- 39. Overpopulation -- 40. Humanity -- 41. Do the math -- 42. The ongoing losses -- 43. A choice -- 44. Epilogue -- 45. Environment and evolution questions -- 46. Human population and resource questions.
530 _aAlso available in print edition.
538 _aMode of access: World Wide Web.
650 0 _aEcology.
650 0 _aAdaptation (Biology)
650 0 _aEvolution (Biology)
655 7 _aElectronic books.
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776 1 _z9781578085767
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