Beyond Equilibria: Historical Approaches to Ecology and Evolution

Author:   Hamish G. Spencer (Sesquicentennial Distinguished Professor, Sesquicentennial Distinguished Professor, Department of Zoology, University of Otago)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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Pages:   160
Publication Date:   20 March 2025
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Hamish G. Spencer (Sesquicentennial Distinguished Professor, Sesquicentennial Distinguished Professor, Department of Zoology, University of Otago)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.406kg
ISBN:  

9780192858993


ISBN 10:   0192858998
Pages:   160
Publication Date:   20 March 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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1: Introduction 2: The Equilibrium 3: Contingency 4: Constraint 5: History as Template 6: Chance, Chaos and Capriciousness 7: Approach and Turnover 8: Construction Part 1: Explaining Allelic Diversity 9: Construction Part 2: Models Ecosystems & Theoretical Ecology 10: Concluding Remarks

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Hamish Spencer received his bachelor's degree in mathematics (1982) and his master's degree in zoology (1983) from the University of Auckland. He then studied for his doctorate at Harvard University, supervised by renowned geneticist Richard Lewontin. After graduating in 1988, he moved to the Department of Mathematics & Statistics at the University of Waikato, before taking up a lecturing position at the University of Otago's Department of Zoology, where today he is Sesquicentennial Distinguished Professor. In 2009 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand, and in 2023 he became a Fellow of the International Science Council.

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