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 Chapter 1 Pattern versus Process and Hierarchies: Revisiting Eternal Metaphors in Macroevolutionary Theory Bruce S. Lieberman Chapter 2 Lineages and Systems: A Conceptual Discontinuity in Biological Hierarchies Gustavo Caponi Chapter 3 Biological Organization from a Hierarchical Perspective: Articulation of Concepts and Interlevel Relation Jon Umerez Chapter 4 Hierarchy: The Source of Teleology in Evolution Daniel W. McShea Chapter 5 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 Chapter 6 Why Genomics Needs Multilevel Evolutionary Theory T. Ryan Gregory, Tyler A. Elliott, and Stefan Linquist Chapter 7 Revisiting the Phenotypic Hierarchy in Hierarchy Theory Silvia Caianiello Chapter 8 Multilevel Selection in a Broader Hierarchical Perspective Telmo Pievani and Andrea Parravicini Chapter 9 Systems Emergence: The Origin of Individuals in Biological and Biocultural Evolution Mihaela Pavlicev, 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 Chapter 10 Unification of Macroevolutionary Theory: Biologic Hierarchies, Consonance, and the Possibility of Connecting the Dots William Miller III Chapter 11 Coming to Terms with Tempo and Mode : Speciation, Anagenesis, and Assessing Relative Frequencies in Macroevolution Warren D. Allmon Chapter 12 Niche Conservatism, Tracking, and Ecological Stasis: A Hierarchical Perspective Carlton E. Brett, Andrew Zaffos, and Arnold I. Miller Chapter 13 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 Chapter 14 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 List of Contributors Index.