Organism and environment: ecological development, niche construction, and adaption
The biologically intimate, causally reciprocal relationship between organisms and their environments shapes individual adaptation, ecological communities, and selective evolution. This book synthesises a wealth of new research findings to examine how environments influence phenotypic expression in individual organisms (ecological development or eco-devo) and how organisms in turn alter their environments (niche construction).
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- Full title :Organism and environment : ecological development, niche construction, and adaption / Sonia E. Sultan.
Summary
The biologically intimate, causally reciprocal relationship between organisms and their environments shapes individual adaptation, ecological communities, and selective evolution. This book synthesises a wealth of new research findings to examine how environments influence phenotypic expression in individual organisms (ecological development or eco-devo) and how organisms in turn alter their environments (niche construction).
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- Publication Date:2015
- Edition:First edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:Oxford, United Kingdom
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2015
The Physical Object
- Description:xiv, 220 pages, 8 pages de planches non numérotées : : illustrations, certaines en couleur ; : 25 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780199587063, 019958706X, 9780199587070, 0199587078
- oclc:ocn939853369
- LC Classification:QH541
- Dewey Decimal:577
Table of Contents
The environmental context of development -- The organism-environment relationship : ecological niches, adaptation, eco-devo, and niche construction -- Mechanisms of plasticity : eco-devo pathways as environmental cue and response systems -- Ecological development as niche construction : how plasticity shapes the environment and organism experiences -- Habitat construction and functional feedbacks : how organisms modify their external conditions -- Community-level consequences of habitat construction and eco-devo responses -- Natural selection in the light of the organism-environment relationship -- Epilogue. Research directions and real-world challenges.
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