Ernst Mayr and the modern concept of species

Systematics and the Origin of Species: On Ernst Mayr's 100th Anniversary

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 243-263

  De Queiroz, Kevin ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.17226/11310     Document Type: Chapter

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