Niche construction : the neglected process in evolution / F. John Odling-Smee, Kevin N. Laland, and Marcus W. Feldman.

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Odling-Smee, F. John, 1935- [author.]

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ISBN:

9781400847266
1400847265
0691044384
9780691044385
1299051545
9781299051546

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Niche construction.DDC classification:

577.8/8 22

LOC classification:

QH546.3 .O35 2003eb

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42.21
WI 3060

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Contents:

The Evidence for Niche Construction -- A Theoretical Investigation of the Evolutionary Consequences of Niche Construction -- General Qualitative Characteristics of Niche Construction -- Niche Construction and Ecology -- Human Niche Construction, Learning, and Cultural Processes -- Testing Niche Construction 1: Empirical Methods and Predictions for Evolutionary Biology -- Testing Niche Construction 2: Empirical Methods, Theory, and Predictions for Ecology -- Testing Niche Construction 3: Empirical Methods and Predictions for the Human Sciences -- Extended Evolutionary Theory.

Summary: The seemingly innocent observation that the activities of organisms bring about changes in environments is so obvious that it seems an unlikely focus for a new line of thinking about evolution. Yet niche construction--as this process of organism-driven environmental modification is known--has hidden complexities. By transforming biotic and abiotic sources of natural selection in external environments, niche construction generates feedback in evolution on a scale hitherto underestimated--and in a manner that transforms the evolutionary dynamic. It also plays a critical role in ecology, suppo.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-455) and index.

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The seemingly innocent observation that the activities of organisms bring about changes in environments is so obvious that it seems an unlikely focus for a new line of thinking about evolution. Yet niche construction--as this process of organism-driven environmental modification is known--has hidden complexities. By transforming biotic and abiotic sources of natural selection in external environments, niche construction generates feedback in evolution on a scale hitherto underestimated--and in a manner that transforms the evolutionary dynamic. It also plays a critical role in ecology, suppo.

In English.

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