Stress Ecology Environmental Stress as Ecological Driving Force and Key Player in Evolution /

• Main Author: Steinberg, Christian E.W (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Ecology.; Animal ecology.; Aquatic ecology.; Molecular ecology.; Plant ecology.; Life Sciences.; Animal Ecology.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.; Molecular Ecology.; Plant Ecology.

Not all stress is stressful; instead, it appears that stress in the environment, below the mutation threshold, is essential for many subtle manifestations of population structures and biodiversity, and has played a substantial role in the evolution of life.  Intrigued by the behavior of laboratory a...