Evolution and environment, a symposium presented on the occasion of the one hundredth anniversary of the foundation of Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University. Edited by Ellen T. Drake.

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Peabody Museum Centennial Symposium (1966 : Yale University) [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New Haven, Yale University Press, 1968.
Description
xvi, 470 pages illustrations 26 cm

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    Series
    • Mrs. Hepsa Ely Silliman memorial lectures [More in this series]
    • Yale University. Mrs. Hepsa Ely Silliman memorial lectures
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographies.
    Contents
    • Pre-metazoan evolution and the origins of the metazoa / Preston E. Cloud, Jr.
    • The early history of land plants / Harlan P. Banks
    • Kimeridge mammals and their bearing on the phylogeny of the mammalia / Walter G. Kuhne
    • The paleoecology of fossil spores / William G. Chaloner
    • The biogeography and paleoecology of Ordovician seas / H. Barraclough Fell
    • Taxonomic diversity gradients in pole location : the recent model / Francis G. Stehli
    • Recent carbonate environments and their paleoecologic implications / Leo F. Laporte
    • The origins of thermoregulation / James Edward Heath
    • Environmental photoperiod and the programming of insect development / Stanley D. Beck
    • The evolution of acoustic mechanisms in odontocete cetaceans / Kenneth S. Norris
    • Toward an evolutionary theory of the niche / Richard Levins
    • The control of developmental processes / J.M. Rendel
    • Balanced polymorphism and regional differentiation in land snails / Bryan C. Clarke
    • Outcrossing in natural populations : a comparison of outcrossing estimation methods / Frank C. Vasek
    • Natural and human selection in the Pacific sweet potato / Douglas E. Yen
    • New directions in the study of agricultural systems in tropical areas / Harold C. Brookfield.
    LCCN
    68013906
    OCLC
    438090
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