Consilience and a hierarchy of species concepts : advances toward closure on the species puzzle

Numerous concepts exist for biological species. This diversity of ideas derives from a number of sources ranging from investigative study of particular taxa and character sets to philosophical aptitude and world view to operationalism and nomenclatorial rules. While usually viewed as counterproducti...

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Publié dans:Journal of nematology. - 1969. - 31(1999), 2 vom: 16. Juni, Seite 95-116
Auteur principal: Mayden, R L (Auteur)
Format: Article
Langue:English
Publié: 1999
Accès à la collection:Journal of nematology
Sujets:Journal Article biodiversity consilience evolution hierarchy philosophy speciation species species concepts systematics taxonomy