A Functional Biology of Parasitism: Ecological and evolutionary implications (1993) (Topics in Gastroenterology)
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- Synopsis
- Series Editor: Peter Calow, Department of Zoology, University of Sheffield, England The main aim of this series will be to illustrate and to explain the way organisms 'make a living' in nature. At the heart of this - their functional biology - is the way organisms acquire and then make use of resources in metabolism, movement, growth, reproduction, and so on. These processes will form the fundamental framework of all the books in the series. Each book will concentrate on a particular taxon (species, family, class or even phylum) and will bring together information on the form, physiology, ecology and evolutionary biology of the group. The aim will be not only to describe how organisms work, but also to consider why they have come to work in that way. By concentration on taxa which are well known, it is hoped that the series will not only illustrate the success of selection, but also show the constraints imposed upon it by the physiological, morphological and developmental limitations of the groups. Another important feature of the series will be its organismic orientation. Each book will emphasize the importance of functional integration in the day to-day lives and the evolution of organisms. This is crucial since, though it may be true that organisms can be considered as collections of gene determined traits, they nevertheless interact with their environment as integrated wholes and it is in this context that individual traits have been subjected to natural selection and have evolved.
- Copyright:
- 1993
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- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9789401123525
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780412399107
- Publisher:
- Springer Netherlands
- Date of Addition:
- 08/22/22
- Copyrighted By:
- Gerald W. Esch and Jacqueline C. Fernández
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Science, Animals
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- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Edited by:
- G.W. Esch
- Edited by:
- J.C. Fernandez
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