The Natural History Reader in Evolution / / ed. by Niles Eldredge.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
• MitwirkendeR: Alexander, Richard D.,; Beer, Gavin de,; Benton, Michael J.,; Colbert, Edwin H.,; Collias, Nicholas E.,; Cook, Robert E.,; Delgourt, Hazel R.,; Delgourt, Paul A.,; Eldredge, Michelle J.,; Eldredge, Niles,; Emmel, Thomas C.,; Galston, Arthur W.,; Godfrey, Laurie R.,; Gould, Stephen Jay,; Grant, Nicola,; Grant, Peter R.,; Hanken, James,; Kaneshiro, Kenneth Y.,; Landman, Neil H.,; Lynch, James F.,; Mulcahy, David L.,; Newell, Norman D.,; Ohta, Alan T.,; Sanders, Howard L.,; Smith, John Maynard,; Thompson, Keith S.,; Vuilleumier, François,; Wake, David B.,; Waller, Donald M.,; Wiens, John A.,
• HerausgeberIn: Eldredge, Niles,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1987]; ©1987
• Year of Publication: 1987
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (236 p.)

Studies evolution by looking at data and observations of organisms in nature from ecologists, anatomists, behaviorists, and paleontologists.

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Original Publication Dates of Articles in Natural History Magazine
• Evolution and Natural History
• Part 1. Darwin’s Heritage: Adaptation and Natural Selection
• Introduction
• 1. Darwin’s Origin Today
• 2. Adaptation on the Wing
• 3. Rise of the Angiosperms
• 4. Jewelweeds Sexual Skills
• 5. Toxic Tailings and Tolerant Grass
• Part 2. The Evolution Of Species
• Introduction
• 6. The Origin of a Species
• 7. The Flies Fan Out
• 8 .A Trilobite Odyssey
• Part 3. Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution
• Introduction
• 9. Competition or Peaceful Coexistence?
• 10. The Evolution of Cricket Chirps
• 11. Evolution of Nest Building
• Part 4. Biogeography and Evolution
• Introduction
• 12. Salamander Invasion of the Tropics
• 13. The Origin of High Andean Birds
• 14. Antarctic Fossils and the Reconstruction of Gondwanaland
• 15. An Extravagance of Species
• 16. The Elusive Eureka
• Part 5. Living Fossils
• Introduction
• 17. New Light on the Crustaceans
• 18. Secrets of the Coelacanth
• 19. A Living Fossil
• 20. Survivors from the Good Old, Old, Old Days
• Part 6. Extinction
• Introduction
• 21. The Misnamed, Mistreated, and Misunderstood Irish Elk
• 22. Ice Age Haven for Hardwoods
• 23. Not To Be or To Be?
• 24. Dinosaurs' Lucky Break
• Part 7. Evolution and Social Issues
• Introduction
• 25. Evolution Under Attack
• 26. The Flood of Antievolutionism
• 27. Science and Myth
• Index