376 



Index 



Anopheles, 181 



Anser rossii, 126 



Ant guests, 236 



Anthranilic acid, 68 



Aphelocoma, 171 



Apomictic organisms, selection in, 



112, 154 

 Apomictic species, origin of, 154 



splitting of, 155 

 Apomixis, 83 



Aquatic succession, 270, 271 

 Arginine, 52 

 Aristida, 275, 280, 314 

 Asexual lines, 117 



origin, 117 



persistence, 117 

 Aspartic acid, 45, 46, 47 

 Aspen, 279 



Associations, defined, 256 

 Atmosphere, 16 



origin of, 25 



oxidizing, 54 



primeval, 45 



role in erosion, 334 

 ATP-ADP system, 37 

 Autopolyploids, 200 

 Azuki bean weevil, 214 



B 



Bacteria, 30, 44 



"combining principles," 55 

 Balds, 270 



Barriers to dispersal, 171, 308 

 Bees, parasitic, 218 

 Behavior pattern, 225 

 Bichat, 2 



Biogeography, 300 

 Biological characteristics of species, 



119 

 Biological reactions, speeds of, 36 

 Biome phylogeny, interwoven, 324 

 Biomes, 255, 335, 342 



age of, 321 



analysis of, 324 



by separation, 296 



Biomes (Cont.): 



constitvient communities, 280 



defined, 210 



evolutionary history, 300 



extinction, 325 



geological history, 261, 265 



new, 285, 342 



phylogeny of, 321 



resurrection, 325 

 Biotic communities, 340 

 Biotic factors, 152 

 Bisexual organisms, 157 

 Bisexual populations, selection in, 112 

 Bisexual reproduction, 83 

 Black flies, 198 

 Blepharoceridae, 306 

 Boarmia repandata, 104 

 Bobbed allele, 66 

 Boveri, 3 

 Brachiopoda, 98 

 Brachoria, 246 

 Brachyderinae, 157 

 Branta canadensis, 177 

 Bromeliads, 259 

 B ramus, 202 



Bnjoxiphium noivegicum, 172 

 Buflfon, 2 



Cactaceae, 286, 320, 323 



CaUosobruchiis chinensis, 214 



Cambrian, 25, 57, 263 



Campephihis principalis, 239 



CamptorhyncJnts labradorius, 239 



Canada goose, 177 



Cancer cells, 54 



Canidac, 148 



Carbohydrates, 47 



Carbon, 14 



Carbon dioxide, 27, 45 



Carbon monoxide, 27 



Carboxyl group, 34 



Castanca denfafa, 279 



Catde droppings, 283 



Cave beetles, 174 



