Frederick R. Schram
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- May 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780195398038
- eISBN:
- 9780190267780
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780195398038.003.0001
- Subject:
- Biology, Animal Biology
The science of natural history is built on twin pillars: cataloging the species found in nature, and reflecting on the variety and function of body plans into which these species fit. We often use ...
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The science of natural history is built on twin pillars: cataloging the species found in nature, and reflecting on the variety and function of body plans into which these species fit. We often use two terms, diversity and disparity, in this connection, but these terms are frequently used interchangeably and thus repeatedly confused in contemporary discourse about issues of function and form. Nevertheless, diversity and disparity are distinct issues and must be treated as such; each influences our views of the evolution and morphology of crustaceansLess
The science of natural history is built on twin pillars: cataloging the species found in nature, and reflecting on the variety and function of body plans into which these species fit. We often use two terms, diversity and disparity, in this connection, but these terms are frequently used interchangeably and thus repeatedly confused in contemporary discourse about issues of function and form. Nevertheless, diversity and disparity are distinct issues and must be treated as such; each influences our views of the evolution and morphology of crustaceans
