Evolution and Phylogeny of Communication

Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 652-660

  Ord, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Ancestor reconstruction; Convergent evolution; Cultural transmission; Divergent evolution; Ecological determinism; Evolutionary change; Evolutionary history; Gradual evolution; Historical contingency; Phylogenetic signal; Plasticity; Punctuated evolution; Stabilizing selection; The comparative method

Indexed keywords

EID: 85069185719     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-045337-8.00017-6     Document Type: Chapter

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