Pillars of Evolution by Douglas W Morris
Changes the conceptual hierarchy between biology and evolution, providing new insights into biology and philosophy. It introduces the science of 'evology' and defines its six core themes of mechanics, dynamics, pattern, structure, function, and scale.
The strength of this book lies in its simple structureThe pillars of evolutionary knowledge are set out as six principles: mechanics, function, structure, scale, dynamics and adaptation. Familiar enough, yet potentially game changing if the pillars are constructed into a new synthesis that cuts across disciplinary boundaries. * GLENDA M. WARDLE, The Author *
The content is persuasive as theory and includes many interesting perspectives on linking genotype with adaptation and maladaptation. * John Hopkins, Bulletin of British Ecological Society *
The content is persuasive as theory and includes many interesting perspectives on linking genotype with adaptation and maladaptation. * John Hopkins, Bulletin of British Ecological Society *
Douglas Morris is Professor and Lakehead University Research Chair in Northern Studies at Lakehead University, Canada. He obtained his BSc. and MSc. in Biology from the University of Windsor 1974/1976, then a PhD in Biology from the University of Calgary in 1980. He went to on be a NSERC Post-doctoral Fellow at the University of Western Ontario, before being appointed as Associate Professor of Biology at Memorial University of Newfoundland, where he stayed from 1982-1990. As well as his current position at Lakehead University, he is Adjunct Professor of Biology at Laval University. Douglas is former President of the Canadian Society of Zoologists and the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution. He has served on the Editorial Boards for several journals, including Ecology, Ecological Monographs, and Ecoscience.
Per Lundberg is Professor of Theoretical Ecology at Lund University, Sweden. He received his BSc./Msc. in Biology from Umeå University, Sweden in 1980, and then a PhD in Ecological Zoology . He went on to take up a position as Assistant Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Animal Ecology at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences where he worked from 1986 - 1994. He has also held positions as Visiting scientist, Department of Zoology, University of Guelph, Canada (1991), Associate Professor of Theoretical Ecology, Lund University, Sweden, and Center Fellow, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS), Santa Barbara, USA (2002-2003). Per has served on the Editorial boards of Oikos, Evolutionary Ecology, American Naturalist, and Proceedings of the Royal Society B, and was Editor-in-Chief for Oikos from 2004-2009.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780198568803 |
| ISBN 10 | 0198568800 |
| Title | Pillars of Evolution |
| Author | Douglas W Morris |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2011-07-14 |
| Number of pages | 282 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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