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What constitutes an adaptation, how do complex adaptations come into being, and where do species with their special attributes come from? Alcock explores these questions, explaining why some biologists think they know what adaptations are and how they arise and what species are.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alcock, John, 1942-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Subjects:
Orchids > Adaptation.
Orchids > Speciation.
Orchids > Conservation.
Orchidées > Adaptation.
Orchidées > Spéciation.
Orchidées > Conservation.
Orchids > Adaptation
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:What constitutes an adaptation, how do complex adaptations come into being, and where do species with their special attributes come from? Alcock explores these questions, explaining why some biologists think they know what adaptations are and how they arise and what species are.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 302 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-293) and index.
ISBN:9780195182743
019518274X