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| 008 100921s2011 miua obe 001 0 eng |
| 020 ^z9781414486697 (hardcover |
| 020 ^a9781414486703 (electronic book |
| 035 ^a(OCoLC)70451063 |
| 040 ^aUtOrBLW^cUtOrBLW^dMiFhG |
| 050 4 ^aQH360.2^b.G65 201 |
| 082 04 ^a576.8^22 |
| 100 1 ^aGrzimek, Bernhard |
| 240 10 ^aAnimal life encyclopedia evolutio |
| 245 10 ^aGrzimek's animal life encyclopedia^h[electronic resource] :^bevolution /^cMichael Hutchins, series editor ; Valerius Geist and Eric Pianka, advisory editors ; in association with The Wildlife Society |
| 246 30 ^aAnimal life encyclopedia evolutio |
| 260 ^aDetroit, Mich. :^bGale,^c2011 |
| 300 ^a1 online resource (xviii, 371 p.) :^bill. (some col.) |
| 490 0 ^aGale eBook |
| 504 ^aIncludes bibliographical references and index |
| 505 0 ^aScientific methods and human knowledge -- Creation stories : the human journey to understand the origins of life on Earth -- History of evolutionary thought -- Charles Darwin : a life of discovery -- mechanisms of evolutionary change -- Origins of the universe -- Origins of life on Earth -- Speciation : the origins of diversity -- Sexual reproduction -- Species nomenclature, classification and problems of application -- The fossil record : a window to the past -- What does the fossil record tell us about evolution? -- Biogeography : the distribution of life -- Genetics : the blueprint of life -- Genes and development -- Evolutionary ecology -- Adaptation and evolutionary change -- Sexual selection -- Kin selection -- Coevolution -- Optimal reproductive tactics and life history theory -- Evolutionary physiology -- Industrial melanism in moths -- Galapagos finches -- Artificial selection -- Convergent evolution and ecological equivalence -- Evolution of the animal eye -- Evolution of flight -- Evolution of limblessness -- Candid evolution : from wolf to dog -- Dinosaurs -- Megafauna -- Non-human primate and human evolution -- Evolution of the brain and nervous system -- Evolution of language -- Evolutionary medicine and the biology of health -- Evolution and biodiversity conservation -- Further reading -- Organizations -- Glossary -- Index |
| 520 ^aCovers evolution in detail and explores it from a scientific viewpoint. Includes comprehensive coverage of recent ideas and discoveries in the field of evolution |
| 650 0 ^aEvolution (Biology)^xStudy and teaching |
| 650 0 ^aEvolution (Biology)^vEncyclopedias |
| 700 1 ^aPianka, Eric R.,^eeditor |
| 700 1 ^aGeist, Valerius,^eeditor |
| 700 1 ^aHutchins, Michael,^eeditor |
| 710 2 ^aGale (Firm |
| 710 2 ^aWildlife Society |
| 776 08 ^iPrint version:^tGrzimek's animal life encyclopedia : evolution^dDetroit, Mich. : Gale, 2011^z9781414486697^w(DLC) 201003825 |
| 856 40 ^uhttps://link.gale.com/apps/pub/3TIN/GVRL?sid=gale_marc&u=thmsu^zAvailable via Gale eBooks. Click here to acces |