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Introduction. The checkered career of hierarchical thinking in evolutionary biology / Niles Eldredge
Part 1. Hierarchy theory of evolution. Linking section. General principles of biological hierarchical systems / Ilya Tëmkin and Emanuele Serrelli ; Pattern versus process and hierarchies : revisiting eternal metaphors in macroevolutionary theory / Bruce S. Lieberman ; Lineages and systems : a conceptual discontinuity in biological hierarchies / Gustavo Caponi ; Biological organization from a hierarchical perspective : articulation of concepts and interlevel relation / Jon Umerez ; Hierarchy : the source of teleology in evolution / Daniel W. McShea ; Three approaches to the teleological and normative aspects of ecological functions / Gregory J. Cooper, Charbel N. El-Hani, and Nei F. Nunes-Neto
Part 2. Hierarchical dynamics : process integration across levels. Linking section. Information and energy in biological hierarchical systems / Ilya Tëmkin and Emanuele Serrelli ; Why genomics needs multilevel evolutionary theory / T. Ryan Gregory, Tyler A. Elliott, and Stefan Linquist ; Revisiting the phenotypic hierarchy in hierarchy theory / Silvia Caianiello ; Multilevel selection in a broader hierarchical perspective / Telmo Pievani and Andrea Parravicini ; Systems emergence : the origin of individuals in biological and biocultural evolution / Mihaela Pavličev, Richard O. Prum, Gary Tomlinson, and Günter P. Wagner
Part 3. Biological hierarchies and macroevolutionary patterns. Linking section. Ecology and evolution : neither separate nor merged / Emanuele Serrelli and Ilya Tëmkin ; Unification of macroevolutionary theory : biologic hierarchies, consonance, and the possibility of connecting the dots / William Miller III ; Coming to terms with tempo and mode : speciation, anagenesis, and assessing relative frequencies in macroevolution / Warren D. Allmon ; Niche conservatism, tracking, and ecological stasis : a hierarchical perspective / Carlton E. Brett, Andrew Zaffos, and Arnold I. Miller ; The stability of ecological communities as an agent of evolutionary selection : evidence from the Permian-Triassic mass extinction / Peter D. Roopnarine and Kenneth D. Angielczyk ; Hierarchy theory in the Anthropocene : biocultural homogenization, urban ecosystems, and other emerging dynamics / Michael L. McKinney
Conclusion. Hierarchy theory and the extended synthesis debate / Telmo Pievani.
Part 1. Hierarchy theory of evolution. Linking section. General principles of biological hierarchical systems / Ilya Tëmkin and Emanuele Serrelli ; Pattern versus process and hierarchies : revisiting eternal metaphors in macroevolutionary theory / Bruce S. Lieberman ; Lineages and systems : a conceptual discontinuity in biological hierarchies / Gustavo Caponi ; Biological organization from a hierarchical perspective : articulation of concepts and interlevel relation / Jon Umerez ; Hierarchy : the source of teleology in evolution / Daniel W. McShea ; Three approaches to the teleological and normative aspects of ecological functions / Gregory J. Cooper, Charbel N. El-Hani, and Nei F. Nunes-Neto
Part 2. Hierarchical dynamics : process integration across levels. Linking section. Information and energy in biological hierarchical systems / Ilya Tëmkin and Emanuele Serrelli ; Why genomics needs multilevel evolutionary theory / T. Ryan Gregory, Tyler A. Elliott, and Stefan Linquist ; Revisiting the phenotypic hierarchy in hierarchy theory / Silvia Caianiello ; Multilevel selection in a broader hierarchical perspective / Telmo Pievani and Andrea Parravicini ; Systems emergence : the origin of individuals in biological and biocultural evolution / Mihaela Pavličev, Richard O. Prum, Gary Tomlinson, and Günter P. Wagner
Part 3. Biological hierarchies and macroevolutionary patterns. Linking section. Ecology and evolution : neither separate nor merged / Emanuele Serrelli and Ilya Tëmkin ; Unification of macroevolutionary theory : biologic hierarchies, consonance, and the possibility of connecting the dots / William Miller III ; Coming to terms with tempo and mode : speciation, anagenesis, and assessing relative frequencies in macroevolution / Warren D. Allmon ; Niche conservatism, tracking, and ecological stasis : a hierarchical perspective / Carlton E. Brett, Andrew Zaffos, and Arnold I. Miller ; The stability of ecological communities as an agent of evolutionary selection : evidence from the Permian-Triassic mass extinction / Peter D. Roopnarine and Kenneth D. Angielczyk ; Hierarchy theory in the Anthropocene : biocultural homogenization, urban ecosystems, and other emerging dynamics / Michael L. McKinney
Conclusion. Hierarchy theory and the extended synthesis debate / Telmo Pievani.