• Medientyp: E-Book
  • Titel: An enthusiasm for orchids : sex and deception in plant evolution
  • Beteiligte: Alcock, John [VerfasserIn]
  • Erschienen: Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006
  • Umfang: 1 online resource (xi, 302 p.); ill. (chiefly col.)
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195182743.001.0001
  • ISBN: 9780199790005
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  • Schlagwörter: Orchids Adaptation ; Orchids Speciation ; Orchids Conservation
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  • Anmerkungen: Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
  • Beschreibung: What constitutes an adaptation, how do complex adaptations come into being, and where do species with their special attributes come from? Alcock explores these questions, explaining why some biologists think they know what adaptations are and how they arise and what species are.