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ecological development, niche construction, and adaptation
The biologically intimate, causally reciprocal relationship between organisms and their environments shapes individual adaptation, ecological communities, and selective evolution. This book synthesises a wealth of new research findings to examine how environments influence phenotypic expression in individual organisms (ecological development or eco-devo) and how organisms in turn alter their environments (niche construction).
The environmental context of development -- The organism-environment relationship : ecological niches, adaptation, eco-devo, and niche construction -- Mechanisms of plasticity : eco-devo pathways as environmental cue and response systems -- Ecological development as niche construction : how plasticity shapes the environment and organism experiences -- Habitat construction and functional feedbacks : how organisms modify their external conditions -- Community-level consequences of habitat construction and eco-devo responses -- Natural selection in the light of the organism-environment relationship -- Epilogue. Research directions and real-world challenges.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2015]