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Over the past decade, ecologists have increasingly embraced phylogenetics, the study of evolutionary relationships among species. As a result, they have come to discover the field's power to illuminate present ecological patterns and processes. Ecologists are now investigating whether phylogenetic diversity is a better measure of ecosystem health than more traditional metrics like species diversity, whether it can predict the future structure and function of communities and ecosystems, and whether conservationists might prioritize it when formulating conservation plans.In Phylogenetic Ecology, Nathan G. Swenson synthesizes this nascent field's major conceptual, methodological, and empirical developments to provide students and practicing ecologists with a foundational overview. Along the way, he highlights those realms of phylogenetic ecology that will likely increase in relevance-such as the burgeoning subfield of phylogenomics-and shows how ecologists might lean on these new perspectives to inform their research programs.

Phylogeny. --- Ecology. --- Phylogénie --- Écologie

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L'essentiel à savoir sur la classification phylogénétique et la construction des liens de parenté, ainsi que sur la place qu'occupent les principaux groupes qui composent le vivant et leurs caractères dérivés propres.

Evolution (Biology). --- Phylogeny. --- Évolution (biologie). --- Phylogénie.

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Cet atlas offre une vision synthétique des différents aspects du vivant sous forme de fiches en couleurs. Il détaille les principales caractéristiques des êtres vivants et décrit leur évolution au cours des temps géologiques ainsi que leur biodiversité actuelle. Les grands principes de la classification phylogénétique sont expliqués. Enfin, les principaux groupes vivants actuels que l'étudiant en Licence et le candidat aux concours de l'enseignement se doivent de connaître sont présentés. Cette seconde édition entièrement remaniée s'enrichit notamment de nouvelles fiches sur les principales caractéristiques des organismes vivants et de leur diversité, ainsi que sur l'adaptation à diverses contraintes physicochimiques du milieu

Phylogeny. --- Animals --- Animal genetics. --- Phylogénie. --- Animaux --- Génétique animale. --- Classification.

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Neither cellular/molecular nor ecosystem processes can be fully understood without a detailed understanding of the biology of the whole organism. Despite this, much of modern biology teaching tends to be focused on the cellular and molecular level, with the organism often neglected. This is particularly noticeable in many undergraduate biology programs, where introductory courses in animal biology are either given with limited evolutionary context or else use an outdated view of animal phylogeny. This accessible textbook provides a general conceptual framework for understanding the organismic level. It provides a broad overview of the diversity of animal life while focusing on general organizational principles with a few, carefully chosen examples rather than providing exhaustive specific details. The book adopts two parallel tracks, with most chapters focusing on one or the other. The first follows the general principles of organismic biology and animal organization, starting with the basic terminology and definitions in evolutionary biology before introducing the evolutionary framework for comparative biology. It then describes organizational principles and specific organ systems in a sequence of increasing complexity. The second track follows a phylogenetic journey, introducing the different animal phyla. Major phyla are given their own chapter with an overview of their common features and diversity. Organismic Animal Biology is an introductory textbook for an undergraduate course in organismal animal biology in a general biology or biotechnology program. It is explicitly aimed at students who will go on to be biomedical researchers, biochemists, cell biologists etc. and who need to understand the significance of the organism to their future research careers. It will also be a useful primer or easy reference for undergraduate and graduate students in more intensive organismic animal biology programs.

Animals --- Natural history --- Life (Biology) --- Phylogeny. --- Animaux --- Sciences naturelles --- Vie (biologie). --- Phylogénie. --- Classification.

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Natural history --- Phylogeny --- Cladistic analysis --- Sciences naturelles --- Phylogénie --- Analyse cladistique. --- Classification --- History. --- Histoire.