Patterns and Processes of Vertebrate Evolution

by Robert Lynn Carroll

Book Overview

This new text provides an integrated view of the forces that influence the patterns and rates of vertebrate evolution from the level of living populations and species to those that resulted in the origin of the major vertebrate groups. The evolutionary roles of behavior, development, continental drift, and mass extinctions are compared with the importance of variation and natural selection that were emphasized by Darwin. It is extensively illustrated,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052147809X
• ISBN13: 9780521478090
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.1" x 10.0"