Book ID: 69219
Briggs, D. and S. M. Walters
Plant Variation and Evolution. 3rd ed. 1997. illustr. XXI, 512 p. Hardcover.
This edition has been largely rewritten.- Main chapter headings:Looking at variation/ From Ray to Darwin/ Early work on biometry/ Earlywork on the basis of individual variation/ Post - Darwinian ideas about evolution/ Modern views on the basis of variation/ Breeding systems/ Infraspecific variation and the ecotype concept/ Recentadvances in genecology/ Species and speciation/ Gradual speciation andhybridisation/ Abrupt speciation/ The species concept/ Evolution: somegeneral considerations/ Conservation: confronting the extinction ofspecies.