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catalog abstract "The objective of this unique textbook is to present a conceptual synthesis of plant, animal, and microbial ecology. Focusing on the application of ecological and evolutionary principles to the individual organism, the author discusses topics such as genetic variation, nutritional mode, size, growth form, the life cycle, and interactions with the environment. He concludes with a summary of the commonalities and differences in the organismal life histories of microorganisms and macroorganisms. His central premise, illustrated by examples from diverse areas of ecology, is that all organisms have been similarly shaped by evolution operating through differential reproductive success, thereby promoting the development of analogous traits.".
catalog contributor b3501509.
catalog created "c1991.".
catalog date "1991".
catalog date "c1991.".
catalog dateCopyrighted "c1991.".
catalog description "1. Introduction: Prospects for a Conceptual Synthesis -- 1.1 Differences and Similarities -- 1.2 A Framework for Comparison --1.3 What is an Individual? -- 1.4 Summary -- 1.5 Suggested Additional Reading -- 2. Genetic Variation -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Mechanisms -- 2.3 Sex and Meiotic Recombination -- 2.4 Somatic Variation and the Concept of the Genet -- 2.5 Summary -- 2.6 Suggested Additional Reading -- 3 Nutritional Mode -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 What is a Resource? -- 3.3 Some Fundamental Resource Categories and Their Implications -- 3.4 Resource Acquisition -- 3.5 Summary -- 3.6 Suggested Additional Reading -- 4 Size -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Constraints on Natural Selection : Phylogenetic, Ontogenetic, and Allometric -- 4.3 Why Are There Macroorganisms? -- 4.4 On Seeing the World As an Elephant or a Mycoplasma -- 4.5 Some correlates of Size -- 4.6 Some Ecological Consequences of Size -- 4.7 Size and Life History Theory -- 4.8 Summary -- 4.9 Suggested Additional Reading -- ".
catalog description "5 Growth and Growth Form -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Unitary and Modular Organisms: An Overview -- 5.3 Fungi As Modular Organisms -- 5.4 Bacteria as Modular Organisms -- 5.5 Some Implications of Being Modular -- 5.6 Some Implications to Modular Organisms of Being Sessile -- 5.7 Form in the Natural World -- 5.8 Summary -- 5.9 Suggested Additional Reading -- 6 The Life Cycle -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Simple Versus Complex Life Cycles -- 6.3 Senescence -- 6.4 Summary -- 6.5 Suggested Additional Reading -- 7 The Environment -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 The Environment and Organism are Coupled -- 7.3 How Organisms Experience Environments -- 7.4 How Organisms Respond to Environments -- 7.5 Traffic Lights Regulate Progress Through the Life Cycle -- 7.6 Habitable Sites and the Evolution of Gene Flow -- 7.7 Summary -- 7.8 Suggested Additional Reading -- 8 Conclusion -- 8.1 Levels of Comparison -- 8.2 On Being a Macroorganism or a Microorganism -- ".
catalog description "8.3 Natural Selection As the Common Denominator -- 8.4 Microbial Ecology and Macroecology are Complementary -- 8.5 Summary -- Bibliography -- Index".
catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-287) and index.".
catalog description "The objective of this unique textbook is to present a conceptual synthesis of plant, animal, and microbial ecology. Focusing on the application of ecological and evolutionary principles to the individual organism, the author discusses topics such as genetic variation, nutritional mode, size, growth form, the life cycle, and interactions with the environment. He concludes with a summary of the commonalities and differences in the organismal life histories of microorganisms and macroorganisms. His central premise, illustrated by examples from diverse areas of ecology, is that all organisms have been similarly shaped by evolution operating through differential reproductive success, thereby promoting the development of analogous traits.".
catalog extent "xv, 302 p. :".
catalog hasFormat "Comparative ecology of microorganisms and macroorganisms.".
catalog identifier "0387974393".
catalog isFormatOf "Comparative ecology of microorganisms and macroorganisms.".
catalog isPartOf "Brock/Springer series in contemporary bioscience".
catalog issued "1991".
catalog issued "c1991.".
catalog language "eng".
catalog publisher "New York : Springer-Verlag,".
catalog relation "Comparative ecology of microorganisms and macroorganisms.".
catalog subject "576/.15 20".
catalog subject "Ecology.".
catalog subject "Microbial ecology.".
catalog subject "Microbiology.".
catalog subject "QR100 .A53 1991".
catalog subject "QW 4 A567c 1991".
catalog tableOfContents "1. Introduction: Prospects for a Conceptual Synthesis -- 1.1 Differences and Similarities -- 1.2 A Framework for Comparison --1.3 What is an Individual? -- 1.4 Summary -- 1.5 Suggested Additional Reading -- 2. Genetic Variation -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Mechanisms -- 2.3 Sex and Meiotic Recombination -- 2.4 Somatic Variation and the Concept of the Genet -- 2.5 Summary -- 2.6 Suggested Additional Reading -- 3 Nutritional Mode -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 What is a Resource? -- 3.3 Some Fundamental Resource Categories and Their Implications -- 3.4 Resource Acquisition -- 3.5 Summary -- 3.6 Suggested Additional Reading -- 4 Size -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Constraints on Natural Selection : Phylogenetic, Ontogenetic, and Allometric -- 4.3 Why Are There Macroorganisms? -- 4.4 On Seeing the World As an Elephant or a Mycoplasma -- 4.5 Some correlates of Size -- 4.6 Some Ecological Consequences of Size -- 4.7 Size and Life History Theory -- 4.8 Summary -- 4.9 Suggested Additional Reading -- ".
catalog tableOfContents "5 Growth and Growth Form -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Unitary and Modular Organisms: An Overview -- 5.3 Fungi As Modular Organisms -- 5.4 Bacteria as Modular Organisms -- 5.5 Some Implications of Being Modular -- 5.6 Some Implications to Modular Organisms of Being Sessile -- 5.7 Form in the Natural World -- 5.8 Summary -- 5.9 Suggested Additional Reading -- 6 The Life Cycle -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Simple Versus Complex Life Cycles -- 6.3 Senescence -- 6.4 Summary -- 6.5 Suggested Additional Reading -- 7 The Environment -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 The Environment and Organism are Coupled -- 7.3 How Organisms Experience Environments -- 7.4 How Organisms Respond to Environments -- 7.5 Traffic Lights Regulate Progress Through the Life Cycle -- 7.6 Habitable Sites and the Evolution of Gene Flow -- 7.7 Summary -- 7.8 Suggested Additional Reading -- 8 Conclusion -- 8.1 Levels of Comparison -- 8.2 On Being a Macroorganism or a Microorganism -- ".
catalog tableOfContents "8.3 Natural Selection As the Common Denominator -- 8.4 Microbial Ecology and Macroecology are Complementary -- 8.5 Summary -- Bibliography -- Index".
catalog title "Comparative ecology of microorganisms and macroorganisms / John H. Andrews.".
catalog type "text".