DARWIN on picking, sorting, separating, isolating, etc.: The development of his theory of natural selection

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 240, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 153-205

  Reif, Wolf Ernst ^a,b  

^a Institut für Geowissenschaften ^*

^b Institut fur Geowissenschaften   (Germany)

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ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BREEDING; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; NATURAL SELECTION;

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