Patterns and Rates of Species Evolution
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Contents 1. Introduction 2. Biological and morphological species concepts 3. Evidence from ecology and palaeobiology 3.1. The cichlid fishes of the African rift valleys 3.2. Sticklebacks and speciation by natural selection 3.3. Ice ages and species migrations 3.4. The punctuated equilibrium revolution 3.5. Stasis 3.6. Speciation and ecophenotypic change: the rift valley snails 4. Fossil evidence of speciation. 4.1 Microfossils 4.2 Shallow marine invertebrates 4.3 Terrestrial vertebrates 5. Species diversification through time 5.1. Biodiversity today 5.2 Biodiversity through time-patterns of increase 5.3 Biodiversity through time-land and sea compared 5.4 Explanations for patterns of diversification 6. Evolutionary patterns and processes Glossary Bibliography Biographical Sketch
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تاریخ انتشار 2011