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The evolutionary strategies that shape ecosystems

Author: J Philip Grime; Simon Pierce
Publisher: West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
Edition/Format:   eBook : Document : EnglishView all editions and formats
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In 1837 a young Charles Darwin took his notebook, wrote "I think" and then sketched a rudimentary, stick-like tree. Each branch of Darwin's tree of life told a story of survival and adaptation -  Read more...

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Genre/Form: Electronic books
Additional Physical Format: Print version:
Grime, J. Philip (John Philip).
Evolutionary strategies that shape ecosystems.
Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2012
(DLC) 2011045522
(OCoLC)769818887
Material Type: Document, Internet resource
Document Type: Internet Resource, Computer File
All Authors / Contributors: J Philip Grime; Simon Pierce
ISBN: 9781118223246 1118223241 9781118223260 1118223268
OCLC Number: 782918777
Description: 1 online resource (xx, 244 p.) : ill.
Contents: Evolution and Ecology: A Janus Perspective? --
Primary Strategies: The Ideas --
Primary Adaptive Strategies in Plants --
Primary Adaptive Strategies in Organisms Other Than Plants --
From Adaptive Strategies to Communities --
From Strategies to Ecosystems --
The Path from Evolution to Ecology.
Responsibility: J. Philip Grime, Simon Pierce.
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