Biodiversity
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Biodiversity
Maintenance, Function, Origin, and Self-Organisation into Life-Support Systems
Lekevicius, Edmundas
Springer International Publishing AG
09/2022
239
Dura
Inglês
9783031115813
15 a 20 dias
541
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Part I IN SEARCH FOR A FUNCTIONAL EXPLANATION.- 1 Introduction: contemporary biology struggles to explain the great diversity of genotypes and species.- 2 Methodological excursion: an apology for theoretical synthesis, simplicity, deductive method and conceptual modelling.- 3 Species do not just 'struggle.- 4 Species diversity as trophic specialisation.- 5 Producer diversity as reflection of variation in the abiotic environment.- 6 Do consumers maintain diversity of their food sources.- 7 Species diversity ensures higher total biomass and helps to stabilise it.- 8 Conspecifics do not just 'struggle' either.- 9 Genotype diversity as even more delicate specialisation.- 10 Environmental fluctuations and the daily role of selection.- 11 Summing-up: Biodiversity and plasticity of life (General Adaptation Theory).- 12 So, is nature a battlefield or a cooperative arena?.- Part II IN SEARCH FOR A SYNTHETIC EXPLANATION.- 13 Why an evolutionary biologist should start with ecological succession.- 14 Primary succession and self-organisation of biodiversity.- 15 Colonisation of the Hawaiian Islands, or how evolution complements succession.- 16 Self-assembly of ecosystems in the Paleozoic: Overview of the latest sources.- 17 Self-assembly of ecosystems in the Paleozoic: Interpretation and summary.- 18 The origin of life, and self-assembly of modern nutrient cycles.- 19 Appearance of modern ecological pyramids. Summing-up.- 20 Supercompetitors. Homo sapiens as a consumer of biodiversity.- 21 Has Darwin's theory really become obsole.- AFTERWORD.- INDEX.
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Species diversity;Genetic diversity;self-organisation;adaptability;Theoretical biology
Part I IN SEARCH FOR A FUNCTIONAL EXPLANATION.- 1 Introduction: contemporary biology struggles to explain the great diversity of genotypes and species.- 2 Methodological excursion: an apology for theoretical synthesis, simplicity, deductive method and conceptual modelling.- 3 Species do not just 'struggle.- 4 Species diversity as trophic specialisation.- 5 Producer diversity as reflection of variation in the abiotic environment.- 6 Do consumers maintain diversity of their food sources.- 7 Species diversity ensures higher total biomass and helps to stabilise it.- 8 Conspecifics do not just 'struggle' either.- 9 Genotype diversity as even more delicate specialisation.- 10 Environmental fluctuations and the daily role of selection.- 11 Summing-up: Biodiversity and plasticity of life (General Adaptation Theory).- 12 So, is nature a battlefield or a cooperative arena?.- Part II IN SEARCH FOR A SYNTHETIC EXPLANATION.- 13 Why an evolutionary biologist should start with ecological succession.- 14 Primary succession and self-organisation of biodiversity.- 15 Colonisation of the Hawaiian Islands, or how evolution complements succession.- 16 Self-assembly of ecosystems in the Paleozoic: Overview of the latest sources.- 17 Self-assembly of ecosystems in the Paleozoic: Interpretation and summary.- 18 The origin of life, and self-assembly of modern nutrient cycles.- 19 Appearance of modern ecological pyramids. Summing-up.- 20 Supercompetitors. Homo sapiens as a consumer of biodiversity.- 21 Has Darwin's theory really become obsole.- AFTERWORD.- INDEX.
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