Macroevolutionary Theory on Macroecological Patterns

by Peter W. Price

Book Overview

In Macroevolutionary Theory on Macroecological Patterns, Peter Price establishes a completely new vision of the central themes in ecology. For the first time in book form, the study of distribution, abundance, and population size variation in animals is cast in an evolutionary framework. The book argues that evolved characters of organisms such as morphology, behavior, and life history influence strongly their ecological relationships, including the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521520371
• ISBN13: 9780521520379
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.5" x 8.9"