Niche Construction : : The Neglected Process in Evolution (MPB-37) / / F. John Odling-Smee, Marcus W. Feldman, Kevin N. Laland.

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• VerfasserIn: Odling-Smee, F. John,; Feldman, Marcus W.,; Laland, Kevin N.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2013]; ©2003
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Monographs in Population Biology ; 37
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (488 p.) :; 30 line illus. 16 tables.

The seemingly innocent observation that the activities of organisms bring about changes in environments is so obvious that it seems an unlikely focus for a new line of thinking about evolution. Yet niche construction--as this process of organism-driven environmental modification is known--has hidden...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Figures
• Tables
• Preface
• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Evidence for Niche Construction
• 3. A Theoretical Investigation of the Evolutionary Consequences of Niche Construction
• 4. General Qualitative Characteristics of Niche Construction
• 5. Niche Construction and Ecology
• 6. Human Niche Construction, Learning, and Cultural Processes
• 7. Testing Niche Construction 1: Empirical Methods and Predictions for Evolutionary Biology
• 8. Testing Niche Construction 2: Empirical Methods, Theory, and Predictions for Ecology
• 9. Testing Niche Construction 3: Empirical Methods and Predictions for the Human Sciences
• 10. Extended Evolutionary Theory
• Appendix 1: Model 1a
• Appendix 2: Model 1b
• Appendix 2: Model 1b
• Appendix 3: Model 2
• Appendix 4: Models 3 and 4
• Appendix 5: Model 5
• Glossary of New Terms
• Bibliography (indexed)
• Index