How Life Increases Biodiversity: An Autocatalytic Hypothesis

by David Seaborg

Book Overview

This book argues that organisms and their interactions create and maximize biodiversity. The evidence for this autocatalytic hypothesis has been collated and integrated into this provocative argument. Natural selection favors the increase of biodiversity. Organisms can be causative agents contributing to major macroevolutionary transitions. Species tend to have a net positive effect on biodiversity. All species are ecosystem engineers. Mutualism...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138341401
• ISBN13: 9781138341401
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"