Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. PART 1. Hierarchy Theory of Evolution
5. General Principles of Biological Hierarchical Systems 19
6. Chapter 1. Pattern versus Process and Hierarchies: Revisiting Eternal Metaphors in Macroevolutionary Theory 29
7. Chapter 2. Lineages and Systems: A Conceptual Discontinuity in Biological Hierarchies 47
8. Chapter 3. Biological Organization from a Hierarchical Perspective: Articulation of Concepts and Interlevel Relation 63
9. Chapter 4. Hierarchy: The Source of Teleology in Evolution 86
10. Chapter 5. Three Approaches to the Teleological and Normative Aspects of Ecological Functions 103
11. PART 2. Hierarchical Dynamics: Process Integration across Levels
12. Information and Energy in Biological Hierarchical Systems 127
13. Chapter 6. Why Genomics Needs Multilevel Evolutionary Theory 137
14. Chapter 7. Revisiting the Phenotypic Hierarchy in Hierarchy Theory 151
15. Chapter 8. Multilevel Selection in a Broader Hierarchical Perspective 174
16. Chapter 9. Systems Emergence: The Origin of Individuals in Biological and Biocultural Evolution 202
17. PART 3. Biological Hierarchies and Macroevolutionary Patterns
18. Ecology and Evolution: Neither Separate nor Merged 227
19. Chapter 10. Unification of Macroevolutionary Theory: Biologic Hierarchies, Consonance, and the Possibility of Connecting the Dots 243
20. Chapter 11. Coming to Terms with Tempo and Mode: Speciation, Anagenesis, and Assessing Relative Frequencies in Macroevolution 260
21. Chapter 12. Niche Conservatism, Tracking, and Ecological Stasis: A Hierarchical Perspective 282
22. Chapter 13. The Stability of Ecological Communities as an Agent of Evolutionary Selection: Evidence from the Permian-Triassic Mass Extinction 307
23. Chapter 14. Hierarchy Theory in the Anthropocene: Biocultural Homogenization, Urban Ecosystems, and Other Emerging Dynamics 334
24. Conclusion. Hierarchy Theory and the Extended Synthesis Debate 351
25. Contributors 365
26. Index 377