Species, Concepts of

Encyclopedia of Biodiversity: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 679-691

  Mallet, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation; Conservation legislation; Darwin; DNA barcoding; Gene flow; Genotypic cluster; History of science; Philosophy of science; Phylogeny; Species concept; Subspecies; Systematic; Taxonomic inflation; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84966534541     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-384719-5.00131-3     Document Type: Chapter

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