[Does Darwinism really contribute to ecology].
The author questions Ghilarov's (2003) claim that Darwinism has high explanatory power in ecology. He is agree with S.V. Meyen who believed that beside synthetic theory of evolution (the popular variant on Darwinism) other explanations of evolution are possible. It is emphasized that several processes (e.g., diversification and unification of species at one trophic level, as well as individual and diffusive coadaptations of species of different levels) can contribute to community evolution. Communities cannot be considered as units of natural selection.
Institute of Biology Ural Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Laboratory of Geobotany and Vegetative Resources, 450054 Ufa, Prospekt Oktyabrya 69. geobot@bashnet.ru
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D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D004463:Ecology; D010944:Plants; D012641:Selection, Genetic