Jacob Stegenga—“Population” Is Not a Natural Kind of Kinds (Biological Theory 5: 154–160, 2010): Should We Be Population Pluralists? A Reply to Stegenga

Biological Theory

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 271-275

  Millstein, Roberta L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological Theory; Causal Interaction; Modern Synthesis; Natural Kind; Species Literature

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938422189     PISSN: 15555542     EISSN: 15555550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/BIOT_a_00051     Document Type: Note

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