Species Concepts and Phylogenetic Theory: A Debate -

Q.D. Wheller, R. Meier

Columbia University Press

2000

256 páginas

8h 32m

ISBN-10: 0231101430

No question in theoretical biology has been more perennially controversial or perplexing than "What is a species?".
Recent advances in phylogenetic theory have called into question traditional views of species and spawned many concepts that are currently competing for general acceptance. This book presents a debate among top systematic biology theorists on the strengths and weaknesses of five competing concepts.