Modularity in Development and Evolution offers the first sustained exploration of modules
from developmental and evolutionary perspectives. Contributors discuss what modularity is …

Insect societies–colonies of ants, bees, wasps and termites–vary enormously in their social
complexity. Social complexity is a broadly used term that encompasses many individual and …

The present book has been written by two mathematicians and one physicist: a pure
mathematician specializing in Finsler geometry (Makoto Matsumoto), one working in …

The population dynamics of five species of foliaceous corals (Agaricia agaricites forma
purpurea, A. lamarcki, Leptoseris cucullata, Montastrea annularis, and Porites astreoides) …

The fecundity of clonal animals and plants is determined by the number of gravid modules
(polyps, zooids, shoots, ramets) and their reproductive output. We examined the fecundity of …

The notion that complexity increases in evolution is widely accepted, but the best‐known
evidence is highly impressionistic. Here I propose a scheme for understanding complexity …

Clonal animals, that is those that are genetically identical, are of great importance in biology.
The supposed evolutionary advantages of sexual versus asexual reproduction are one of …

Publisher Summary This chapter reviews the physiology and ecology of marine bryozoans
and presents the latest research in these fields to marine biologists generally rather than to …

ABSTRACT Rocks of the Ediacaran System (635–541 Ma) preserve fossil evidence of some
of the earliest complex macroscopic organisms, many of which have been interpreted as …

An evolutionary transition in individuality (ETI) occurs when a previously independent
organism becomes a lower level unit within a higher hierarchical level (for example, cells in …