Interpreting the Hierarchy of Nature : From Systematic Patterns to Evolutionary Process Theories

Grande, Lance, and Olivier Rieppel (Editors)

ISBN 10: 0122951204 / ISBN 13: 9780122951206

Published by Academic Press, 1994

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1994. General Natural History, Evolutionary studies, Geology., Academic Press. 298 p., very good to near fine boards. 11/25.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Interpreting the Hierarchy of Nature : From Systematic Patterns to Evolutionary Process Theories
• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0122951204
• ISBN 13: 9780122951206
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

This book explores ways in which systematic patterns are used to infer evolutionary processes. Among evolutionary biologists and systematists there is a constant interchange between those that study the process of evolution (e.g., mutation, selection, speciation) and those that study its patterns (e.g., variation, geographic distribution, ontogeny, phylogeny). Because patterns influence the development of theories, and processes yield patterns, it is not always easy to distinguish one from another. This book is dialectic and helps crystallize a continuing debate over the relationship of patterns to process theories.

• Contributions by leading systematists, evolutionary biologists, and philosophers
• Illustrates the debate over how and if evolutionary processes can be inferred from systematic patterns
• Illustrates a continuing interplay between systematics and evolutionary theory

From the Back Cover

This book explores ways in which systematic patterns are used to infer evolutionary processes. Among evolutionary biologists and systematists there is a constant interchange between those that study the process of evolution (e.g., mutation, selection, speciation) and those that study its patterns (e.g., variation, geographic distribution, ontogeny, phylogeny). Because patterns influence the development of theories, and processes yield patterns, it is not always easy to distinguish one from another. This book is dialectic and helps crystallize a continuing debate over the relationship of patterns to process theories.
@introbul:Special Features
@bul:* Contributions by leading systematists, evolutionary biologists, and philosophers
* Illustrates the debate over how and if evolutionary processes can be inferred from systematic patterns
* Illustrates a continuing interplay between systematics and evolutionary theory