Life History Invariants: Some Explorations of Symmetry in Evolutionary Ecology

by Eric L. Charnov

In this book, noted biologist Eric Charnov uses ideas about symmetry, invariance, and scaling laws to explain many formerly puzzling regularities in population biology. Aspects of life history evolution and population dynamics are illuminated by his synthesis of symmetry and symmetry-breaking arguments. For example, he develops sex allocation evolution to reveal how symmetry-breaking leads to biased sex ratios, and also demonstrates how the process...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019854071X
• ISBN13: 9780198540717
• Release Date: August 1993
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.5" x 9.3"