The seemingly innocent observation that the activities of organisms bring about changes in environments is so obvious that it seems an unlikely focus for a new line of thinking about evolution. Yet niche construction — as this process of organism-driven environmental modification is known — has hidden complexities. By transforming biotic and abiotic sources of natural selection in external environments, niche construction generates feedback in evolution on a scale hitherto underestimated — and in a manner that transforms the evolutionary dynamic. It also plays a critical role in ecology, supporting ecosystem engineering and influencing the flow of energy and nutrients through ecosystems. Despite this, niche construction has been given short shrift in theoretical biology, in part because it cannot be fully understood within the framework of standard evolutionary theory.
Kitabın adı/Title: Niche Construction: The Neglected Process in Evolution
Müəllif/Author: F. John Odling-Smee, Kevin N. Laland, and Marcus W. Feldman
Tarix/Date: 10 aprel, 2021, 17:00 (CET) | April 10, 2021, 19:00 (CET)
Təqdimatçı/Presenter: Ərtoğrul Alışbəyli (Radboud Universiteti, doktorant | Radboud University, PhD candidate)
Müzakirə dili | Discussions in: İngilis | English
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