A new century of biology / edited by W. John Kress and Gary W. Barrett ; foreword by Ernst Mayr.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Kress, W. John
Barrett, Gary W.
Language:English
Published: Washington [D.C.] : Smithsonian Institution Press, in association with the American Institute of Biological Sciences, [2001], ©2001.
Subjects:
Biology.
Physical Description:xxii, 159 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Foreword : Biology in the twenty-first century / Ernst Mayr
  • Preface : A new century of biology / W. John Kress and Gary W. Barrett
  • Introduction : The new revolution in biology / Gary W. Barrett and W. John Kress
  • Bacteria in the origins of species : demise of the neo-Darwinian paradigm / Lynn Margulis
  • Bodies and body plans, and how they came to be / Marvalee H. Wake
  • Ecosystems : energetics and biogeochemistry / Gene E. Likens
  • Behavior, ecology, and evolution / Gordon H. Orians
  • Conserving biodiversity into the new century / Ghillean T. Prance
  • The new age of biological exploration / Thomas E. Lovejoy
  • Lumpy integration of tropical wild biodiversity with its society / Daniel H. Janzen
  • Biology and the human sciences : pathways of consilience / Edward O. Wilson.