Evolution's Wedge: Competition and the Origins of Diversity Volume 12

by David W. Pfennig, Karin S. Pfennig, Karin S Pfennig, et al.

Evolutionary biology has long sought to explain how new traits and new species arise. Darwin maintained that competition is key to understanding this biodiversity and held that selection acting to minimize competition causes competitors to become increasingly different, thereby promoting new traits and new species. Despite Darwin's emphasis, competition's role in diversification remains controversial and largely underappreciated. In their synthetic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520274180
• ISBN13: 9780520274181
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.9" x 10.0"