Adaptation and Environment

Robert N. Brandon (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

228 Seiten

2014
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-60062-8 (ISBN)

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By focusing on the crucial role of environment in the process of adaptation, Robert Brandon clarifies definitions and principles so as to help make the argument of evolution by natural selection empirically testable. He proposes that natural selection is the process of differential reproduction resulting from differential adaptedness to a common selective environment. Originally published in 1990. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. v*PREFACE, pg. vii*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. xi*CHAPTER 1. Adaptation and Natural Selection, pg. 3*CHAPTER 2. The Concept of Environment in the Theory of Natural Selection, pg. 45*CHAPTER 3. The Levels of Selection, pg. 78*CHAPTER 4. The Structure of the Theory of Natural Selection, pg. 134*CHAPTER 5. Mechanism and Teleology, pg. 159*REFERENCES, pg. 195*INDEX, pg. 207

Erscheint lt. Verlag	14.7.2014
Reihe/Serie	Princeton Legacy Library
Verlagsort	New Jersey
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	312 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution
ISBN-10	0-691-60062-7 / 0691600627
ISBN-13	978-0-691-60062-8 / 9780691600628
Zustand	Neuware