What is speciation and how should we study it?

American Naturalist

Volumn 163, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 914-923

  Wiens, John J ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Evolution; Reproductive isolation; Speciation; Species concepts

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; NEW SPECIES; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES CONCEPT;

ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; NOMENCLATURE; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CLASSIFICATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TERMINOLOGY; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 3042803766     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/386552     Document Type: Review

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