Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. 1 A Brief Summary of Darwinian Evolution, along with an Indication of the Purpose of the Book 1
5. 2 Evidence for the Evolution of Size Increase (and Decrease) from the Fossil Record 26
6. 3 The Size of Organisms in Ecological Communities 41
7. 4 A Problem in Developmental Biology: Why and How Larger Plants and Animals Are Built 61
8. 5 The Relation between the Complexity of Communities and the Size, Diversity, and Abundance of the Organisms within Them 98
9. 6 How Size Affects the Internal Complexities of Organisms in Their Evolution and in Their Development 118
10. 7 Animal Behavior: The Pinnacle of Biological Complexity 192
11. 8 The Evolution of Complexity: A Conclusion with Three Insights 220
12. Bibliography 247
13. Index 255