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Ecology, evolution and population biology

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Freeman
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English
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315

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Table of Contents

Genetic load. Wills
Sickle cells and evolution. Allison
'Genetic drift' in an Italian population. Cavalli-Sforza
The structure and history of an ancient protein. Dickerson
The social order of turkeys. Watts and Stokes
Darwin's finches. Lack
The desert pupfish. Brown
The geography of birds. Welty
Continental drift and the fossil record. Hallam
Continental drift and evolution. Kurten
The probability of death. Deevey
Population density and social pathology. Calhoun
The aerial migration of insects. Johnson
Population control in animals. Wynne-Edwards
Butterflies and plants. Ehrlich and Raven
Weed control by insect. Holloway
Desert ground squirrels. Bartholomew and Hudson
Ecological chemistry. Brower
Cleaning symbiosis. Limbaugh
The fungus gardens of insects. Batra and Batra
Symbiosis and evolution. Margulis
The biosphere. Hutchinson
The energy cycle of the biosphere. Woodwell
The human crop. Deevey
The carbon cycle. Bolin
The nitrogen cycle. Delwiche
The nature of oceanic life. Isaacs
Trace-element deserts. Anderson and Underwood
The nutrient cycles of an ecosystem. Bormann and Likens
Toxic substances and ecological cycles. Woodwell
Bogs. Deevey
The life of a sand dune. Amos
The ecology of fire. Cooper
Life on human skin. Marples

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Library of Congress
QH541.145 .W54, QH541.I45W54

Contributors

Editor
Edward O Wilson

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Format
paperback
Number of pages
315

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Open Library
OL19945299M
Internet Archive
ecologyevolution0000wils
ISBN 10
0716708876
ISBN 13
9780716708872
LCCN
73017448
OCLC/WorldCat
730784

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