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Title

Evolutionary theory : a hierarchical perspective / edited by Niles Eldredge, Telmo Pievani, Emanuele Serrelli, and Ilya Tëmkin.

Publication

• Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, [2016]
• ©2016

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Additional Authors

• Eldredge, Niles
• Pievani, Telmo
• Serrelli, Emanuele
• Tëmkin, Ilya

Description

vii, 385 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subject

• Evolution (Biology)
• Evolution > Philosophy
• Hierarchies
• Biological systems
• Macroevolution

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction. The checkered career of hierarchical thinking in evolutionary biology / Niles Eldredge -- Part 1. Hierarchy theory of evolution. Linking section. General principles of biological hierarchical systems / Ilya Tëmkin and Emanuele Serrelli ; Pattern versus process and hierarchies : revisiting eternal metaphors in macroevolutionary theory / Bruce S. Lieberman ; Lineages and systems : a conceptual discontinuity in biological hierarchies / Gustavo Caponi ; Biological organization from a hierarchical perspective : articulation of concepts and interlevel relation / Jon Umerez ; Hierarchy : the source of teleology in evolution / Daniel W. McShea ; Three approaches to the teleological and normative aspects of ecological functions / Gregory J. Cooper, Charbel N. El-Hani, and Nei F. Nunes-Neto -- Part 2. Hierarchical dynamics : process integration across levels. Linking section. Information and energy in biological hierarchical systems / Ilya Tëmkin and Emanuele Serrelli ; Why genomics needs multilevel evolutionary theory / T. Ryan Gregory, Tyler A. Elliott, and Stefan Linquist ; Revisiting the phenotypic hierarchy in hierarchy theory / Silvia Caianiello ; Multilevel selection in a broader hierarchical perspective / Telmo Pievani and Andrea Parravicini ; Systems emergence : the origin of individuals in biological and biocultural evolution / Mihaela Pavličev, Richard O. Prum, Gary Tomlinson, and Günter P. Wagner -- Part 3. Biological hierarchies and macroevolutionary patterns. Linking section. Ecology and evolution : neither separate nor merged / Emanuele Serrelli and Ilya Tëmkin ; Unification of macroevolutionary theory : biologic hierarchies, consonance, and the possibility of connecting the dots / William Miller III ; Coming to terms with tempo and mode : speciation, anagenesis, and assessing relative frequencies in macroevolution / Warren D. Allmon ; Niche conservatism, tracking, and ecological stasis : a hierarchical perspective / Carlton E. Brett, Andrew Zaffos, and Arnold I. Miller ; The stability of ecological communities as an agent of evolutionary selection : evidence from the Permian-Triassic mass extinction / Peter D. Roopnarine and Kenneth D. Angielczyk ; Hierarchy theory in the Anthropocene : biocultural homogenization, urban ecosystems, and other emerging dynamics / Michael L. McKinney -- Conclusion. Hierarchy theory and the extended synthesis debate / Telmo Pievani.

Call Number

JFE 16-11680

ISBN

• 9780226426051 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 022642605X (cloth : alk. paper)
• 9780226426228 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 022642622X (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2016020354

OCLC

945948398

Title

Evolutionary theory : a hierarchical perspective / edited by Niles Eldredge, Telmo Pievani, Emanuele Serrelli, and Ilya Tëmkin.

Publisher

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, [2016]

Copyright Date

©2016

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Eldredge, Niles, editor.

Pievani, Telmo, editor.

Serrelli, Emanuele, editor.

Tëmkin, Ilya, editor.

Research Call Number

JFE 16-11680