Major evolutionary radiations
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Major evolutionary radiations
（The Systematics Association special volume series, no. 42）（Oxford science publications）
Published for the Systematics Association by Clarendon Press, 1990
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"Proceedings of a Symposium held in Durham, UK, September, 1989"
Includes bibliographies and index
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Description
The astounding diversity of life that we see today is the product of species multiplication and morphological divergence through geological time. Evidence from the fossil record shows that this evolutionary radiation has not occurred at an even rate. Instead, relatively short-lasting phases of evolution have produced the major radiations that are seen in many taxonomic groups, such as flowering plants during the late Cretaceous. This volume surveys patterns of
major evolutionary radiation and their possible causes.
Table of Contents
- S.M. Stanley: Adaptive radiation and macroevolution
- David Jablonski & David J. Bottjer: The origin and diversification of major groups: environmental patterns and macroevolutionary lags
- M.B. Hart: Major evolutionary radiations of the planktonic Foraminiferida
- N.J. Morris: Early radiation of the mollusca
- P.W. Skelton, J.A. Crame, N.J. Morris, & E.M. Harper: Adaptive divergence and taxonomic radiation in post-Palaeozoic bivalves
- T. Engeser: Major events in cephalopod evolution
- R.A. Fortey & R.M. Owens: Evolutionary radiations in the Trilobita
- D.E.G. Briggs & E.N.K. Clarkson: The late Palaeozoic radiation of malacostracan crustaceans
- Robin J. Wootton: Major insect radiations
- P.D. Taylor & G.P. Larwood: Major evolutionary radiations in the Bryozoa
- Charles E. Mitchell: Directional macroevolution of the diplograptacean graptolites: a product of astogenetic heterochrony and directed speciation
- Andrew B. Smith: Evolutionary diversification of echinoderms during the early Palaeozoic
- Michael J. Simms: The radiation of post-Palaeozoic echinoderms
- B.G. Gardiner: Placoderm fishes: diversity through time
- Andrew R. Milner: The radiations of temnospondyl amphibians
- D. Edwards & M.S. Davies: Interpretations of early land plant radiations: `facile adaptationist guesswork' or reasoned speculation?
- Peter R. Crane & Scott Lidgard: Angiosperm radiation and patterns of palynological diversity
- M.J. Benton: The causes of the diversification of life
- List of Systematics Association Publications
- Subject and stratigraphical index.
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