Discovering Evolutionary Ecology Bringing together ecology and evolution ppt

... Cichlids and evolutionary ecology The cichlid story illustrates many of the broader features of evolutionary ecology, the science that involves both ecological and evolutionary know- ledge. Evolutionary ... of the richest parts, but only one of 10 DISCOVERING EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY the parts of evolutionary ecology. Hence evolution by natural selection affects ecology...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 18:20

... Gould and Vrba 1982, or preadaptation) has also EVOLUTIONARY TRENDS | 105 been shown to be important in the origin of defense and pollination systems, and that each system has influenced the evolution ... beetles, of Bursera- ceae and leaf-eating chrysomelid beetles, and of floral resins in Euphorbiaceae or Clusiaceae and pollinating bees (Chapter 5). Additionally, biochemical...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 19:20

... Based Planning and Design Techniques 186 Using Ecological Data 187 Landscape Scale (Counties and Regions) 188 Sublandscape Scale (Cities, Towns, and Counties) 194 Habitat Scale (Sites and Lots) 202 Protecting ... ecologically based land use planning and landscape design: 1) to conduct human activities on the landscape in a way that conserves native species and healthy ecosystems,...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 01:20

... E-mail: w.turner @ conservation.org David S. Wilcove, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Princeton Environmental Institute and Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, ... of species we see on an island, and how does this number depend on the size and isolation of the island? Gilbert White’s question of population abundance was revisit...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 01:20

... paleoecologists, and opened a door into inquiries concerning the role of fire and vegetation through geologic and evolutionary 2. History and Future of the Longleaf Pine Ecosystem 15 time (Cloud 1976; Cope and ... landscape with other forest types, and true mixed-species stands. The first was a patch mosaic having nearly pure stands of longleaf pine on south slopes and upland ri...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 17:20

... such as the TK and TKRP family is correla- ted with the evolution and divergence of the nervous system and their biological roles, and thus, functional characterization of oct-TKs and oct-TKRPs ... neuropeptides and hor- mones is expected to contribute a great deal to our understanding of the biological mechanism underlying the advanced behavior of Octopus and evolutionary a...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 00:20

... features to modules and motifs [1,14]. This is particularly true for protein interaction maps and gene regulatory nets, which different evolutionary for- ces from convergent evolution [15] to dynamical ... structural and functional features and the features are gener- ated by two distinct evolutionary strategies: amplification and shuffling of interacting domains through tinkeri...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 07:20