Autore	Eldredge Niles
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (289 p.)
Disciplina	307.7609747
Soggetto topico	Urban ecology (Sociology) - New York (State) - New York Urban geography - New York (State) - New York Environmental degradation - New York (State) - New York Biodiversity - New York (State) - New York
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-520-95830-6
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Front matter -- Contents -- Preface: The Yin and Yang of Cities -- 1. Regarding Broadway: The Urban Saga and the New York Microcosm -- 2. Forest Primeval -- 3. Landscape Transformed -- 4. Growth of the Concrete Jungle -- 5. Fouling, and Cleaning, the Nest -- 6. Invasion and Survival -- 7. Resilience, Restoration, and Redemption -- 8. Cities, Globalization, and the Future of Biodiversity -- Notes, References, and Suggestions for Further Reading -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910465579903321

Autore	Eldredge Niles
Pubbl/distr/stampa	New York, [New York] : , : Columbia University Press, , 2015
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (399 p.)
Disciplina	576.8/2
Soggetto topico	Punctuated equilibrium (Evolution) Evolution (Biology) - Philosophy Emergence (Philosophy)
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-231-15317-1 0-231-52675-X
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Front matter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION -- I. Birth of Modern Evolutionary Theory -- 1. The Advent of the Modern Fauna -- 2. Darwin and the Beagle -- 3. Enter Adaptation and the Conflict Between Isolation and Gradual Adaptive Change, 1836-1859 -- Part II. Rebellion and Reinvention: The Taxic Perspective, 1935- -- 4. Species and Speciation Reconsidered, 1935- -- 5. Punctuated Equilibria -- 6. Speciation and Adaptation -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910464100003321

Autore	Eldredge Niles
Pubbl/distr/stampa	New York, [New York] : , : Columbia University Press, , 2015
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (399 p.)
Disciplina	576.8/2
Soggetto topico	Punctuated equilibrium (Evolution) Evolution (Biology) - Philosophy Emergence (Philosophy)
ISBN	0-231-15317-1 0-231-52675-X
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Front matter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION -- I. Birth of Modern Evolutionary Theory -- 1. The Advent of the Modern Fauna -- 2. Darwin and the Beagle -- 3. Enter Adaptation and the Conflict Between Isolation and Gradual Adaptive Change, 1836-1859 -- Part II. Rebellion and Reinvention: The Taxic Perspective, 1935- -- 4. Species and Speciation Reconsidered, 1935- -- 5. Punctuated Equilibria -- 6. Speciation and Adaptation -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910661482203321