This text aims to establish biology as a discipline not just a collection of facts. Life develops students' understanding of biological processes with scholarship, a smooth narrative, experimental contexts, art and effective pedagogy.

This is an authoritative introductory text that presents biological concepts through the research that revealed them. "Life" covers the full range of topics with an integrated experimental focus that flows naturally from the narrative.

The evolution of species abundance and diversity; Competitive strategies of resource allocation; Community structure; Outlook.

This book provides an overview of the diversity of lizards and their major adaptive features. The authors discuss the latest research findings and provide new hypotheses about lizard diversity.

This text aims to establish biology as a discipline, not just a collection of facts. 'Life' develops students' understanding of biological processes with scholarship, a smooth narrative, experimental contexts, art and effective pedagogy.

This is an authoritative introductory text that presents biological concepts through the research that revealed them. "Life" covers the full range of topics with an integrated experimental focus that flows naturally from the narrative.

CO-PUBLISHED BY SINAUER ASSOCIATES, INC., AND W. H. FREEMAN AND COMPANY. LIFE HAS EVOLVED. . . from its original publication to this dramatically revitalized Eighth Edition. LIFE has always shown students how biology works, offering an engaging and coherent presentation of the fundamentals of biology by describing the landmark experiments that revealed them. This edition builds on those strengths and introduces several innovations.. As with previous editions, the Eighth Edition will also be available in three paperback volumes: • Volume I The Cell and Heredity, Chapters 1-20 • Volume II Evolution, Diversity and Ecology, Chapters 1, 21-33, 52-57 • Volume III Plants and Animals, Chapters 1, 34-51