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Evolution in Action
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Freshwater Mollusks of the World
Vinarski, Amy R. Wethington, Thomas Wilke
Evolution in Action
Radiations, or Evolution in Action We have just celebrated the “Darwin Year” with the double anniversary of his 200th birthday and 150th year of his masterpiece, “On the Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection”. In this work, Darwin established the factual evidence of biological evolution, that species change over time, and that new organisms arise by the splitting of ancestral forms into two or more descendant species. However, above all, Darwin provided the mechanisms by arguing convincingly that it is by natural selection – as well as by sexual selection (as he later added) – that organisms adapt to their environment. The many discoveries since then have essentially co...
Dichter, Naturkundler, Welterforscher: Adelbert von Chamisso und die Suche nach der Nordostpassage
Die bewegte Lebensgeschichte eines Heimatlosen zwischen Krieg, Kunst, Wissenschaft und Weltumseglung Als Flüchtling kam Adelbert von Chamisso in den Wirren der französischen Revolution nach Deutschland. Seine Heimat und seine Sprache hatte er verloren – in der Fremdsprache Deutsch begann er zu dichten, erfand die Gestalt des schattenlosen Peter Schlemihl und wurde damit berühmt. Aber damit war er nicht angekommen, im Gegenteil: In einer Zeit, in der selbst die Fahrt zur nächsten Stadt noch ein Abenteuer war, zog es ihn hinaus in die Welt. Als Mitglied einer Forschungsreise auf der Suche nach der legendären Nordostpassage fand er als Naturkundler unbekannte Pflanzenarten und deckte Nat...
Alexander von Humboldt
This book aims to view and to understand Alexander von Humboldt from different perspectives and in varying disciplinary contexts. His contributions addressed numerous topics in the earth but also life sciences—spanning from geo-botany, climatology, paleontology, oceanography, mineralogy, resources, and hydrogeology to links between the environmental impact of humans, erosion, and climate change. From the very beginning, he paved the way for a modern, integrated earth system science approach to decipher, characterize, and model the different forcing factors and their feedback mechanisms. It becomes obvious that Humboldt’s holistic approach is far beyond simple description and empiric data collection. As documented and analyzed in the different texts of this volume, he combines observation and analysis with emotions and subjective perceptions in a very affectionate way. However, this publication does not intend to add another encyclopedic text compilation but to observe and critically analyze this unique personality ́s relevance in a modern context, particularly in discussing environmental and social key issues in the twenty-first century.
Das Ende der Evolution
Von einem der bekanntesten deutschen Evolutionsbiologen Der Klimawandel ist endlich in aller Munde. Doch so alarmierende Ausmaße er auch angenommen hat – er ist nur Nebenschauplatz angesichts der apokalyptischen Reiter, die in einem Akt der Verwüstung gegenwärtig über die Erde ziehen: Bevölkerungsexplosion, Ressourcenverknappung, Umweltzerstörung und Artensterben. In seiner ebenso umfassenden wie beklemmenden Analyse sieht der renommierte Evolutionsbiologe Matthias Glaubrecht mit dem sich abzeichnenden Massenexitus, dem größten Artenschwund seit dem Aussterben der Dinosaurier, eine weltweite biologische Tragödie auf uns zukommen. Der Mensch ist heute so zum größten Raubtier und zum entscheidenden Evolutionsfaktor mutiert, der die Existenz aller Lebewesen – auch seine eigene – gefährdet. Ob das Ende der Evolution, das spätestens ab Mitte des 21. Jahrhunderts ein realistisches Szenario zu werden droht, noch aufzuhalten sein wird, darüber wird allein unser Tun in den unmittelbar vor uns liegenden Jahrzehnten entscheiden.
Systematics 2008 Göttingen, Programme and Abstracts
The Göttingen conference Systematics 2008 is the first joint meeting of the Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik (GfBp. and the German Botanical Society, section Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology (DBG), being the 10th Annual Meeting of the GfBS and the 18th International Symposium Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology of the DBG. The conference programme covers biological systematics in the widest sense and provides ample opportunities for oral and poster presentations on new advances in plant, animal and microbial systematics. This volume brings together the abstracts of invited speaches from the plenary sessions on Progress in Deep Phylogeny, Speciation and Phylogeography, and New Trends in Biological Systematics as well as those of submitted talks and poster sessions.
Explorations and Entanglements
Traditionally, Germany has been considered a minor player in Pacific history: its presence there was more limited than that of other European nations, and whereas its European rivals established themselves as imperial forces beginning in the early modern era, Germany did not seriously pursue colonialism until the nineteenth century. Yet thanks to recent advances in the field emphasizing transoceanic networks and cultural encounters, it is now possible to develop a more nuanced understanding of the history of Germans in the Pacific. The studies gathered here offer fascinating research into German missionary, commercial, scientific, and imperial activity against the backdrop of the Pacific’s overlapping cultural circuits and complex oceanic transits.
The Art of Naming
From Tyrannosaurus rex to Heteropoda davidbowie: scientific naming as a joyful and creative act. Tyrannosaurus rex. Homo sapiens. Heteropoda davidbowie. Behind each act of scientific naming is a story. In this entertaining and illuminating book, Michael Ohl considers scientific naming as a joyful and creative act. There are about 1.8 million discovered and named plant and animal species, and millions more still to be discovered. Naming is the necessary next step after discovery; it is through the naming of species that we perceive and understand nature. Ohl explains the process, with examples, anecdotes, and a wildly varied cast of characters. He describes the rules for scientific naming; th...
