Evolution and Escalation (eBook)

An Ecological History of Life

Geerat Vermeij (Autor)

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2021
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-22424-4 (ISBN)

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Here is one biologist's interpretation of the chronology of life during the last six hundred million years of earth history: an extended essay that draws on the author's own data and a wide-ranging literature survey to discuss the nature and dynamics of evolutionary change in organisms and their biological surroundings. Geerat Vermeij demonstrates that escalation--the process by which species adapt to, or are limited by, their enemies as the latter increase in ability to acquire and retain resources--has been a dominant theme in the history of life despite frequent episodes of extinction.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 9.2.2021
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Schlagworte: acanthodian fishes • Adaptation • Albian • Ammonoidea • Amphibian • Appendage • arachnid arthropods • archaeocyathans • Arthropod • Ascidiacea • Autotomy • barnacle • Bioerosion • Bioturbation • Brachiopod • Bryozoa • bryozoans • calcification • Cambrian • Carboniferous • caves, as safe places • Cenozoic • Cephalopod • cetacean mammals • chitons • cladoceran crustaceans • claw • Cnidaria • Competition • Cretaceous • Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event • crinoid • crinoid echinoderms • crocodiles • crustacean • Deep sea • Devonian • didemnid ascidians • Dispersal • Early Jurassic • Early Triassic • Echinoderm • echiuran worms • Effectiveness • Endotherm • endothermy • Environmental Hazard • Eocene • Eurypterid • eurypterids • Evolution • exoskeleton • extinction event • extralimital evolution • Fauna • Fecundity • Fitness • foraminifera • Fungi • Gastropoda • Gastropod shell • glypheoid crustaceans • Growth Rate • Gymnosperms • Herbivore • herbivory • hermatypic animals • hermit crab • hippuritacean pelecypods • holothurioidean echinoderms • Hyolitha • ichthyosaur • improvement, unilateral • insect • intertidal zone • intimate associations • introduced species • Invertebrate • isopod crustaceans • Jaw • Jurassic • Land snail • lapworthellids • Late Cretaceous • Late Jurassic • Late Miocene • Late Triassic • limpet • limpets • Maastrichtian • Malacostraca • Mammal • Mangroves • mantis shrimp • Mesozoic • metabolic rates • Metabolism • Middle Jurassic • middle Triassic • mimicry • Miocene • Molluscivore • Mussel • Natural selection • Nautiloid • nautiloid cephalopods • neogene • nutrient • octopod cephalopods • OCTOPUS • Oligocene • opercula • Opiliones • Ordovician • organism • paleocene • Paleocene epoch • paleozoic • parasitism • Permian • phanerozoic • Phenotype • phoronid worms • Photic zone • photosynthesis • Phylum • placoderm fishes • Placodermi • Pliocene • polychaete • Population Size • predation • Primary production • rachiglossan gastropods • Reptile • rhyniophytes • rodent • rugosan corals • Safe Places • Salamanders • scallop • Sea Cucumber • Sea Urchin • Sediment • silurian • Speciation • Starfish • Tetrapod • Tooth • Triassic • Trilobite • Ungulate • Vertebrate
• ISBN-10: 0-691-22424-2 / 0691224242
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-22424-4 / 9780691224244