Life the science of biology. [Volume 2] [Evolution diversity and ecology]

Synopsis

PART ONE: THE SCIENCE AND BUILDING BLOCKS OF LIFE - The Science of Life and Its Evolutionary Framework - PART FIVE: THE PATTERNS AND PROCESSES OF EVOLUTION - The History of Life on Earth - The Mechanisms of Evolution - Species and Their Formation - The Evolution of Genes and Genomes - Reconstructing and Using Phylogenies - PART SIX: THE EVOLUTION OF DIVERSITY - Bacteria and Archaea: The Prokaryotic Domains - The Origin and Diversification of the Eukaryotes - Plants without Seeds: From Sea to Land - The Evolution of Seed Plants - Fungi: Recyclers, Pathogens, Parasites, and Plant Partners - Animal Origins and the Evolution of Body Plans - Protostomate Animals - Deuterostomate Animals - PART NINE: ECOLOGY - Ecology and the Distribution of Life - Behavior and Behavioral Ecology - Population Ecology - Community Ecology - Ecosystems and Global Ecology - Conservation Biology