adaptatie

The Princeton guide to evolution

0 Type: Book

This book is a reference to the major subjects and key concepts in evolutionary biology, from genes to mass extinctions. The book contains some 100 articles on the most important topics in seven major areas: phylogenetics and the history of life; selection and adaptation; evolut…

Speciation: natural processes, genetics and biodiversity

fromGenetics

0 Type: Book

The origin of species, or speciation, the "mystery of mysteries", as Charles Darwin called it, is an issue at the very heart of evolutionary biology, critical to understanding the mechanisms behind the great diversity of life around us. This book is centered around three major r…

Mutation-driven evolution

by Nei, Masatoshi

0 Type: Book

The purpose of this book is to present a new mechanistic theory of mutation-driven evolution based on recent advances in genomics and evolutionary developmental biology. The theory asserts, perhaps somewhat controversially, that the driving force behind evolution is mutation, w…

Host manipulation by parasites

by Hughes, David P., Brodeur, Jacques

0 Type: Book

Parasites that manipulate the behaviour of their hosts represent striking examples of adaptation by natural selection. This field of study is now moving beyond its descriptive phase and into more exciting areas where the processes and patterns of such dramatic adaptations can be…

Plant life: a brief history

by Essig, Frederick B.

0 Type: Book

In this book the author traces how familiar features of plants evolved sequentially over hundreds of millions of years as various environmental challenges and opportunities were met. This chronological narrative begins with the origin of photosynthesis and the rise of cyanobacte…

Plant adaptation to environmental change: significance of amino acids and their derivatives

0 Type: Book

"This book describes the significance of amino acids and their derivatives in plant stress adaptation/tolerance, and presents biotechnological strategies for the manipulation of amino acids and their major derivatives to improve abiotic and abiotic stress tolerance in crop plant…

The genetics of cattle

by C.A.B. International

0 Type: Book

This book contains 24 chapters covering various fields of genetics and biology of cattle. It serves as a reference book on cattle genetics for researchers, lecturers, students, farmers and specialists working in the industry. The first five chapters focus on systematics, phyloge…

Evolutionary behavioral ecology

by Fox, Charles W., Westneat, David F.

0 Type: Book

Evolutionary Behavioral Ecology is intended to be used a text for graduate students and a sourcebook for professional scientists seeking an understanding of the evolutionary and ecological processes shaping behavior across a wide array of organisms and a diverse set of behaviors…

Human physiology in extreme environments

by Gunga, Hanns-Christian, Opatz, Oliver, Steinach, Mathias, Stahn, Alexander Christoph

0 Type: Book

Human Physiology in Extreme Environments is the one publication that offers how human biology and physiology is affected by extreme environments while highlighting technological innovations that allow us to adapt and regulate environments. Covering a broad range of extreme envir…

Genetic enhancement of rabi sorghum: adapting the Indian Durras

by Patil, J. V., Reddy, P. Sanjana

0 Type: Book

Genetic Enhancement of Rabi Sorghum - Adapting the Indian Durras presents both the historical background and the recent research done in breeding this important world crop for more global production. Its chapters cover topics in origin and taxonomy, morphology and breeding behav…

Molecular panbiogeography of the tropics

by Heads, Michael J.

fromSpecies and systematics

0 Type: Book

Molecular studies reveal highly ordered geographic patterns in plant and animal distributions. The tropics illustrate these patterns of community immobilism leading to allopatric differentiation, as well as other patterns of mobilism, range expansion, and overlap of taxa. Integr…

Plant Abiotic Stress

0 Type: Book

A fully revised review of the latest research in molecular basis of plant abiotic stress response and adaptation Abiotic stressors are non-living environmental stressors that can have a negative impact on a plants ability to grow and thrive in a given environment. Stressors can …

Pillars of evolution: fundamental principles of the eco-evolutionary pr…

by Morris, Douglas W., Lundberg, Per

0 Type: Book

This book provides a perspective on adaptive evolution. The book begins by leading readers through the mechanics of heredity, reproduction, movement, survival, and development. With that framework in place, it then explores the numerous ways that traits emerge from the interac…

Adapting to a changing environment: confronting the consequences of climate change

by Cinner, Joshua E., McClanahan, Tim R.

0 Type: Book

For those who depend on the bounty of the sea for their livelihoods, climate change and its consequences (warming water, coral bleaching, rising sea levels) could spell disaster. The region comprising the eastern coastline of Africa and the islands of the western Indian Ocean i…

Terrestrial photosynthesis in a changing environment: a molecular, physiological, and ecological approa…

by Flexas, Jaume, Loreto, Francesco

0 Type: Book

Understanding how photosynthesis responds to the environment is crucial for improving plant production and for maintaining biodiversity in the context of global change. Covering all aspects of photosynthesis, from basic concepts to methodologies and from the organelle to whole …

Behavioural responses to a changing world: mechanisms and consequences

by Candolin, Ulrika, Wong, Bob B. M.

0 Type: Book

Human-induced environmental change currently represents the single greatest threat to global biodiversity. Species are typically adapted to the local environmental conditions in which they have evolved. Changes in environmental conditions initially influence behaviour, which i…

Ecological speciation

by Nosil, Patrik

fromOxford series in ecology and evolution

0 Type: Book

The origin of biological diversity, via the formation of new species, can be inextricably linked to adaptation to the ecological environment. Specifically, ecological processes are central to the formation of new species when barriers to gene flow (reproductive isolation) evolv…

How humans evolved

by Silk, Joan B., Boyd, Robert,, Evolutie

0 Type: Book

This book offers a presentation of genetics and observable behaviors in living humans and non-human primates moves beyond merely describing anthropological finds to show readers the “big picture” ideas behind human evolution.

The adaptive landscape in evolutionary biology

by Svensson, Erik I., Calsbeek, Ryan

0 Type: Book

The 'Adaptive Landscape' has been a central concept in population genetics and evolutionary biology since this powerful metaphor was first formulated by Sewall Wright in 1932. Eighty years later, it has become a central framework in evolutionary quantitative genetics, selection …

Climate change and insect pests

by Ayres, Matthew P.

fromCABI CLIMATE CHANGE SERIES

0 Type: Book

This book focuses on understanding climatic effects on agricultural and forest pest populations. The importance of insect pests in providing an excellent framework for evaluating climatic effects on a wide range of ecological systems are also discussed. "Insects, being poikilot…