The species concept as a socio-cultural phenomenon - A source of the scientific dilemma

Theory in Biosciences

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 203-212

  Heywood, Vernon Hilton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biological species; Folk taxonomy; Phylogenetic species; Species

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HISTORY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

EID: 0031767605     PISSN: 14317613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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