The Ghosts Of Evolution: Nonsensical Fruit, Missing Partners, and Other Ecological Anachronisms
In The Ghosts Of Evolution, Connie Barlow explores ecological anachronisms such as nonsensical fruit and missing partners. Blending natural history with ecological and evolutionary perspectives, the book considers what seemingly misplaced features can reveal about the relationships, changes, and histories that shape the living world.
About This Book
Connie Barlow examines ecological anachronisms, including nonsensical fruit and missing partners, as clues to relationships between organisms and their environments.
The book presents a natural-history perspective on how ecological systems can retain features whose original functions or partners are no longer apparent.
Its subject connects evolution, plant biology, ecology, and the changing relationships among species.
Written for readers interested in the natural world, the book considers what unusual biological patterns can reveal about ecological history.
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