Zusammenfassung
Die Erde ist von vielen verschiedenen Organismenformen bewohnt, die weder nach dem Zufallsprinzip noch gleichmäßig über die Erdoberfläche verteilt sind. Jedes im Rahmen einer Bestandserhebung untersuchte Gebiet enthält nur einen kleinen Teil der auf der Erde vorkommenden Artenvielfalt. Warum gibt es eine solche Vielfalt von Organismen? Warum sind viele davon in ihrer Verbreitung so eingeschränkt? Um diese ökologischen Fragen beantworten zu können, müssen wir die Prozesse der Evolution verstehen, die zu dem heutigen Muster der Diversität und Verbreitung geführt haben.
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Begon, M., Howarth, R.W., Townsend, C.R. (2017). Der evolutionäre Hintergrund der Ökologie. In: Ökologie. Springer Spektrum, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49906-1_2
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