The Origin, Expansion, and Demise of Plant Species

by Donald A. Levin

Book Overview

Combining insights from observation, experimentation, and theory, The Origin, Expansion, and Demise of Plant Species offers a broad overview of species as dynamic entities that arise, have unique evolutionary histories, and ultimately go extinct. It begins with a review of species concepts and the exposition of a new concept; it then addresses plant speciation, the expansion of species from their narrow centers of origin, intraspecific differentiation,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195127293
• ISBN13: 9780195127294
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 10.1"