A new century of biology / edited by W. John Kress and Gary W. Barrett ; foreword by Ernst Mary.

Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press in association with the American Institues of Biological Sciences, [2001], ©2001.

xxii, 159 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Foreword : Biology in the twenty-first century / Ernst Mayr -- Preface : A new century of biology / W. John Kress and Gary W. Barrett -- Introduction : The new revolution in biology / Gary W. Barrett and W. John Kress -- Bacteria in the origins of species : demise of the neo-Darwinian paradigm / Lynn Margulis -- Bodies and body plans, and how they came to be / Marvalee H. Wake -- Ecosystems : energetics and biogeochemistry / Gene E. Likens -- Behavior, ecology, and evolution / Gordon H. Orians -- Conserving biodiversity into the new century / Ghillean T. Prance -- The new age of biological exploration / Thomas E. Lovejoy -- Lumpy integration of tropical wild biodiversity with its society / Daniel H. Janzen -- Biology and the human sciences : pathways of consilience / Edward O. Wilson.

Includes bibliographical references.