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The Foundation of the Origin of Species
2009The development of Charles Darwin's views on evolution by natural selection has fascinated biologists since the 1859 publication of his landmark text On The Origin of Species. His experiences, observations and reflections during and after his pivotal journey on the Beagle during 1831–36 were of critical importance.
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Species-Specific Foundations of Human War
2023Abstract This chapter discusses the demonic perspective, broader adaptationist claims, and inclusive fitness theory that are repeatedly challenged by evidence about chimpanzees and bonobos. It points out how explaining war means understanding why war exists, cultural variations in war, systemic interactions of war and society, and why ...
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Dead foundation species drive ecosystem dynamics
Trends in Ecology & EvolutionFoundation species facilitate communities, modulate energy flow, and define ecosystems, but their ecological roles after death are frequently overlooked. Here, we reveal the widespread importance of their dead structures as unique, interacting components of ecosystems that are vulnerable to global change.
Patrick H. Saldaña +3 more
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The Value of Species and the Ethical Foundations of Assisted Colonization
Conservation Biology, 2010Abstract: Discourse around assisted colonization focuses on the ecological risks, costs, and uncertainties associated with the practice, as well as on its technical feasibility and alternative approaches to it.
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Multiple foundation species shape benthic habitat islands
Oecologia, 2008Pattern generation by foundation species (FS) is a primary structuring agent in marine and terrestrial communities. Prior research, focused on single-species or guild-dominated habitats, stressed the role of facilitation in maintaining community structure. However, many habitats are developed by multiple FS from different guilds.
Eugeniy L, Yakovis +3 more
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Species‐specific mediation of temperature and community interactions by multiple foundation species
Oikos, 2011Foundation species can provide habitat that modify abiotic and biotic processes that contribute to ecosystem function. While many studies have focused on the processes and consequences of a focal foundation species, understanding the ecological equivalence of co‐occurring foundation species is important to identify key species ...
Jennifer A. Dijkstra +2 more
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Species-Reaction Graph Foundations
2019The very powerful Theorem 11.6.1 told us that, when a nondegenerate network’s Species-Reaction Graph satisfies certain mild conditions, behavior is severely constrained to be largely stable and dull, provided only that the kinetics associated with the network resides in the large and natural weakly monotonic class.
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Species are Individuals: Theoretical Foundations for the Claim
Philosophy of Science, 1985This paper shows that species are individuals with respect to evolutionary theory in the sense that the laws of the theory deal with species as irreducible wholes rather than as sets of organisms. ‘Species X’ is an instantiation of a primitive term of the theory.
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Species Equality and the Foundations of Moral Theory
Environmental Values, 1993The paper discusses various concepts of ‘species equality’ and ‘species superiority’ and the assumptions concerning intrinsic value on which they depend. I investigate what philosophers from the traditional deontological (Taylor and Lombardi) and utilitarian (Singer and Attfield) perspectives have meant by their claims for species equality.
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