Comparative Ecology of Microorganisms and Macroorganisms /
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| Formato: | eBook |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,
2017.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. 2017. |
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1 Introduction: Prospects for a Conceptual Synthesis
- 1.1. Organizing Life
- 1.2. Microorganisms and Macroorganisms: Differences and Similarities
- 1.3 The Centrality of Natural Selection
- 1.4 Analogies, Homologies, and Homoplasies
- 1.5 A Framework for Comparisons
- 1.6 What is an Individual?
- 1.7 Summary
- 1.8 Suggested Additional Reading
- 2 Genetic Variation
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Mechanisms
- 2.3 Sex and Meiotic Recombination
- 2.4 The Asexual Lifestyle
- 2.5 Somatic Variation, Heritable Variation, and the Concept of the Genet
- 2.6 Summary
- 2.7 Suggested Additional Reading
- 3 Nutritional Mode
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Carbon and Energy Resources
- 3.3 Resource Acquisition
- 3.4 Nutritional Versatility
- 3.5 Generalists and Specialists
- 3.6 Summary
- 3.7 Suggested Additional Reading
- 4 Size
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Changes in Size and Development of Life on Earth
- 4.3 On Seeing the World as an Elephant or a Mycoplasma
- 4.4 Some Correlates of Size
- 4.5 Some Ecological Consequences of Size
- 4.6 Size and Life History Theory
- 4.7 Summary
- 4.8 Suggested Additional Reading
- 5 Growth and Growth Form
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Unitary and Modular Organisms: An Overview
- 5.3 Fungi as Modular Organisms
- 5.4 Bacteria as Modular Organisms
- 5.5 Life Histories of Modular vs. Unitary Organisms
- 5.6 Summary
- 5.7 Suggested Additional Reading
- 6 The Life Cycle
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Origins and General Considerations
- 6.3 Complex Life Cycles
- 6.4 Senescence
- 6.5 Summary
- 6.6 Suggested Additional Reading
- 7 The Environment
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 The Environment and Organism are Tightly Coupled
- 7.3 How Organisms Experience Environments
- 7.4 Organism Size and Environmental Variation
- 7.5 Genotypic and Phenotypic Variation
- 7.6 The Environment and Life Cycle Changes
- 7.7 Habitable Sites and the Evolution of Dispersal
- 7.8 Summary
- 7.9 Suggested Additional Reading
- 8 Conclusion: Commonalities and Differences in Life Histories
- 8.1 Levels of Comparison
- 8.2 On Being a Macroorganism or a Microorganism
- 8.3 Natural Selection as the Common Denominator
- 8.4 Recapitulation of Some Major Points
- 8.5 On the Comparative Ecology of Microorganisms and Macroorganisms
- 8.6 Summary
- References
- Index.