TÃtulo : |
Comparative Ecology of Microorganisms and Macroorganisms |
Tipo de documento: |
documento electrónico |
Autores: |
Andrews, John H., |
Mención de edición: |
2 ed. |
Editorial: |
New York, N.Y. [USA] : Springer |
Fecha de publicación: |
2017 |
Número de páginas: |
XVII, 349 p. 68 ilustraciones |
ISBN/ISSN/DL: |
978-1-4939-6897-8 |
Nota general: |
Libro disponible en la plataforma SpringerLink. Descarga y lectura en formatos PDF, HTML y ePub. Descarga completa o por capítulos. |
Idioma : |
Inglés (eng) |
Palabras clave: |
EcologÃa microbiana EcologÃa Evolución (BiologÃa) MicrobiologÃa Migración animal EcologÃa Teórica y EstadÃstica BiologÃa evolucionaria |
Clasificación: |
579.17 |
Resumen: |
Este libro de texto de segunda edición ofrece una sÃntesis conceptual ampliada de la ecologÃa microbiana con la ecologÃa vegetal y animal. Basándose en ejemplos de la biologÃa de microorganismos y macroorganismos, este libro de texto proporciona un enfoque interdisciplinario muy necesario de la ecologÃa. El foco es el organismo individual y las comparaciones se hacen a lo largo de seis ejes: variación genética, modo nutricional, tamaño, crecimiento, ciclo de vida e influencia del medio ambiente. Cuando se publicó en 1991, la primera edición de EcologÃa comparada de microorganismos y macroorganismos fue única en su intento de comparar claramente la ecologÃa fundamental en toda la gama de tamaños. La explosión de la biologÃa molecular y la aplicación de sus técnicas a la microbiologÃa y la biologÃa de los organismos han demostrado particularmente la necesidad de una comprensión interdisciplinaria. Esta edición actualizada y ampliada sigue siendo única. Trata los mismos temas con mayor profundidad e incluye una recopilación exhaustiva de la literatura relevante más reciente en ecologÃa microbiana y ecologÃa vegetal/animal, asà como los primeros artÃculos de investigación que dieron forma a los conceptos y teorÃas discutidos. Entre los temas completamente actualizados del libro se encuentran la sistemática filogenética, los algoritmos de búsqueda y la teorÃa del forrajeo óptimo, el metabolismo comparativo, los orÃgenes de la vida y la evolución de la multicelularidad, y la evolución de los ciclos de vida. De reseñas de la primera edición: "John Andrews ha logrado admirablemente construir un puente accesible a todos los ecologistas". -EcologÃa "Recomiendo este libro a todos los ecologistas. Es un intento reflexivo de integrar ideas y desarrollar temas comunes para dos campos de la ecologÃa que no deberÃan haberse fragmentado". -CientÃfico estadounidense "Hace mucho que se debÃa realizar tal sÃntesis, y es vergonzoso que los ecologistas (tanto grandes como pequeños) hayan sido tan provincianos". -La Revista Trimestral de BiologÃa. |
Nota de contenido: |
1 Introduction: Prospects for a Conceptual Synthesis -- 1.1. Organizing Life -- 1.2. Microorganisms and Macroorganisms: Differences and Similarities -- 1.3 The Centrality of Natural Selection -- 1.4 Analogies, Homologies, and Homoplasies -- 1.5 A Framework for Comparisons -- 1.6 What is an Individual? -- 1.7 Summary -- 1.8 Suggested Additional Reading -- 2 Genetic Variation -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Mechanisms -- 2.3 Sex and Meiotic Recombination -- 2.4 The Asexual Lifestyle -- 2.5 Somatic Variation, Heritable Variation, and the Concept of the Genet -- 2.6 Summary -- 2.7 Suggested Additional Reading -- 3 Nutritional Mode -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Carbon and Energy Resources -- 3.3 Resource Acquisition -- 3.4 Nutritional Versatility -- 3.5 Generalists and Specialists -- 3.6 Summary -- 3.7 Suggested Additional Reading -- 4 Size -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Changes in Size and Development of Life on Earth -- 4.3 On Seeing the World as an Elephant or a Mycoplasma -- 4.4 Some Correlates of Size -- 4.5 Some Ecological Consequences of Size -- 4.6 Size and Life History Theory -- 4.7 Summary -- 4.8 Suggested Additional Reading -- 5 Growth and Growth Form -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Unitary and Modular Organisms: An Overview -- 5.3 Fungi as Modular Organisms -- 5.4 Bacteria as Modular Organisms -- 5.5 Life Histories of Modular vs. Unitary Organisms -- 5.6 Summary -- 5.7 Suggested Additional Reading -- 6 The Life Cycle -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Origins and General Considerations -- 6.3 Complex Life Cycles -- 6.4 Senescence -- 6.5 Summary -- 6.6 Suggested Additional Reading -- 7 The Environment -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 The Environment and Organism are Tightly Coupled -- 7.3 How Organisms Experience Environments -- 7.4 Organism Size and Environmental Variation -- 7.5 Genotypic and Phenotypic Variation -- 7.6 The Environment and Life Cycle Changes -- 7.7 Habitable Sites and the Evolution of Dispersal -- 7.8 Summary -- 7.9 Suggested Additional Reading -- 8 Conclusion: Commonalities and Differences in Life Histories -- 8.1 Levels of Comparison -- 8.2 On Being a Macroorganism or a Microorganism -- 8.3 Natural Selection as the Common Denominator -- 8.4 Recapitulation of Some Major Points -- 8.5 On the Comparative Ecology of Microorganisms and Macroorganisms -- 8.6 Summary -- References -- Index. |
Tipo de medio : |
Computadora |
Summary : |
This second edition textbook offers an expanded conceptual synthesis of microbial ecology with plant and animal ecology. Drawing on examples from the biology of microorganisms and macroorganisms, this textbook provides a much-needed interdisciplinary approach to ecology. The focus is the individual organism and comparisons are made along six axes: genetic variation, nutritional mode, size, growth, life cycle, and influence of the environment. When it was published in 1991, the first edition of Comparative Ecology of Microorganisms and Macroorganisms was unique in its attempt to clearly compare fundamental ecology across the gamut of size. The explosion of molecular biology and the application of its techniques to microbiology and organismal biology have particularly demonstrated the need for interdisciplinary understanding. This updated and expanded edition remains unique. It treats the same topics at greater depth and includes an exhaustive compilation of both the most recent relevant literature in microbial ecology and plant/animal ecology, as well as the early research papers that shaped the concepts and theories discussed. Among the completely updated topics in the book are phylogenetic systematics, search algorithms and optimal foraging theory, comparative metabolism, the origins of life and evolution of multicellularity, and the evolution of life cycles. From Reviews of the First Edition: "John Andrews has succeeded admirably in building a bridge that is accessible to all ecologists." -Ecology "I recommend this book to all ecologists. It is a thoughtful attempt to integrate ideas from, and develop common themes for, two fields of ecology that should not have become fragmented." -American Scientist "Such a synthesis is long past due, and it is shameful that ecologists (both bigand little) have been so parochial." -The Quarterly Review of Biology. |
Enlace de acceso : |
https://link-springer-com.biblioproxy.umanizales.edu.co/referencework/10.1007/97 [...] |
Comparative Ecology of Microorganisms and Macroorganisms [documento electrónico] / Andrews, John H., . - 2 ed. . - New York, N.Y. [USA] : Springer, 2017 . - XVII, 349 p. 68 ilustraciones. ISBN : 978-1-4939-6897-8 Libro disponible en la plataforma SpringerLink. Descarga y lectura en formatos PDF, HTML y ePub. Descarga completa o por capítulos. Idioma : Inglés ( eng)
Palabras clave: |
EcologÃa microbiana EcologÃa Evolución (BiologÃa) MicrobiologÃa Migración animal EcologÃa Teórica y EstadÃstica BiologÃa evolucionaria |
Clasificación: |
579.17 |
Resumen: |
Este libro de texto de segunda edición ofrece una sÃntesis conceptual ampliada de la ecologÃa microbiana con la ecologÃa vegetal y animal. Basándose en ejemplos de la biologÃa de microorganismos y macroorganismos, este libro de texto proporciona un enfoque interdisciplinario muy necesario de la ecologÃa. El foco es el organismo individual y las comparaciones se hacen a lo largo de seis ejes: variación genética, modo nutricional, tamaño, crecimiento, ciclo de vida e influencia del medio ambiente. Cuando se publicó en 1991, la primera edición de EcologÃa comparada de microorganismos y macroorganismos fue única en su intento de comparar claramente la ecologÃa fundamental en toda la gama de tamaños. La explosión de la biologÃa molecular y la aplicación de sus técnicas a la microbiologÃa y la biologÃa de los organismos han demostrado particularmente la necesidad de una comprensión interdisciplinaria. Esta edición actualizada y ampliada sigue siendo única. Trata los mismos temas con mayor profundidad e incluye una recopilación exhaustiva de la literatura relevante más reciente en ecologÃa microbiana y ecologÃa vegetal/animal, asà como los primeros artÃculos de investigación que dieron forma a los conceptos y teorÃas discutidos. Entre los temas completamente actualizados del libro se encuentran la sistemática filogenética, los algoritmos de búsqueda y la teorÃa del forrajeo óptimo, el metabolismo comparativo, los orÃgenes de la vida y la evolución de la multicelularidad, y la evolución de los ciclos de vida. De reseñas de la primera edición: "John Andrews ha logrado admirablemente construir un puente accesible a todos los ecologistas". -EcologÃa "Recomiendo este libro a todos los ecologistas. Es un intento reflexivo de integrar ideas y desarrollar temas comunes para dos campos de la ecologÃa que no deberÃan haberse fragmentado". -CientÃfico estadounidense "Hace mucho que se debÃa realizar tal sÃntesis, y es vergonzoso que los ecologistas (tanto grandes como pequeños) hayan sido tan provincianos". -La Revista Trimestral de BiologÃa. |
Nota de contenido: |
1 Introduction: Prospects for a Conceptual Synthesis -- 1.1. Organizing Life -- 1.2. Microorganisms and Macroorganisms: Differences and Similarities -- 1.3 The Centrality of Natural Selection -- 1.4 Analogies, Homologies, and Homoplasies -- 1.5 A Framework for Comparisons -- 1.6 What is an Individual? -- 1.7 Summary -- 1.8 Suggested Additional Reading -- 2 Genetic Variation -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Mechanisms -- 2.3 Sex and Meiotic Recombination -- 2.4 The Asexual Lifestyle -- 2.5 Somatic Variation, Heritable Variation, and the Concept of the Genet -- 2.6 Summary -- 2.7 Suggested Additional Reading -- 3 Nutritional Mode -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Carbon and Energy Resources -- 3.3 Resource Acquisition -- 3.4 Nutritional Versatility -- 3.5 Generalists and Specialists -- 3.6 Summary -- 3.7 Suggested Additional Reading -- 4 Size -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Changes in Size and Development of Life on Earth -- 4.3 On Seeing the World as an Elephant or a Mycoplasma -- 4.4 Some Correlates of Size -- 4.5 Some Ecological Consequences of Size -- 4.6 Size and Life History Theory -- 4.7 Summary -- 4.8 Suggested Additional Reading -- 5 Growth and Growth Form -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Unitary and Modular Organisms: An Overview -- 5.3 Fungi as Modular Organisms -- 5.4 Bacteria as Modular Organisms -- 5.5 Life Histories of Modular vs. Unitary Organisms -- 5.6 Summary -- 5.7 Suggested Additional Reading -- 6 The Life Cycle -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Origins and General Considerations -- 6.3 Complex Life Cycles -- 6.4 Senescence -- 6.5 Summary -- 6.6 Suggested Additional Reading -- 7 The Environment -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 The Environment and Organism are Tightly Coupled -- 7.3 How Organisms Experience Environments -- 7.4 Organism Size and Environmental Variation -- 7.5 Genotypic and Phenotypic Variation -- 7.6 The Environment and Life Cycle Changes -- 7.7 Habitable Sites and the Evolution of Dispersal -- 7.8 Summary -- 7.9 Suggested Additional Reading -- 8 Conclusion: Commonalities and Differences in Life Histories -- 8.1 Levels of Comparison -- 8.2 On Being a Macroorganism or a Microorganism -- 8.3 Natural Selection as the Common Denominator -- 8.4 Recapitulation of Some Major Points -- 8.5 On the Comparative Ecology of Microorganisms and Macroorganisms -- 8.6 Summary -- References -- Index. |
Tipo de medio : |
Computadora |
Summary : |
This second edition textbook offers an expanded conceptual synthesis of microbial ecology with plant and animal ecology. Drawing on examples from the biology of microorganisms and macroorganisms, this textbook provides a much-needed interdisciplinary approach to ecology. The focus is the individual organism and comparisons are made along six axes: genetic variation, nutritional mode, size, growth, life cycle, and influence of the environment. When it was published in 1991, the first edition of Comparative Ecology of Microorganisms and Macroorganisms was unique in its attempt to clearly compare fundamental ecology across the gamut of size. The explosion of molecular biology and the application of its techniques to microbiology and organismal biology have particularly demonstrated the need for interdisciplinary understanding. This updated and expanded edition remains unique. It treats the same topics at greater depth and includes an exhaustive compilation of both the most recent relevant literature in microbial ecology and plant/animal ecology, as well as the early research papers that shaped the concepts and theories discussed. Among the completely updated topics in the book are phylogenetic systematics, search algorithms and optimal foraging theory, comparative metabolism, the origins of life and evolution of multicellularity, and the evolution of life cycles. From Reviews of the First Edition: "John Andrews has succeeded admirably in building a bridge that is accessible to all ecologists." -Ecology "I recommend this book to all ecologists. It is a thoughtful attempt to integrate ideas from, and develop common themes for, two fields of ecology that should not have become fragmented." -American Scientist "Such a synthesis is long past due, and it is shameful that ecologists (both bigand little) have been so parochial." -The Quarterly Review of Biology. |
Enlace de acceso : |
https://link-springer-com.biblioproxy.umanizales.edu.co/referencework/10.1007/97 [...] |
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