Biological Species ConceptSynthetic TheoryLonge StandingDuring the mid 20th century, Ernst Mayr was one of the 'architects' of the synthetic theory of evolution. His contribution to the new theory was the conceptual unification of the processes of the adaptation of populations (anagenesis, phyletic ...
(2002), "Ernst Mayr through time on the biological species concept --a conceptual analysis," Theory in Biosciences 121: 81-98.Beurton P. 2002. Ernst Mayr through time on the biological species concept: a conceptual analysis. Theory in Biosciences 121 (2) 81-98....
In 1992, in a special paper in the American Journal of Botany, Ernst Mayr attempted to 'prove' the biological species concept (BSC) worked as well in plants as it did in animals by analyzing the flora of the Concord region of northern Massachusetts. He concluded that there were minimal ...
Mayr's best recognized scientific contributions include the biological species concept and the theory of geographic speciation. In the latter, reproductive isolation evolves as an incidental by-product of genetic divergence between allopatric populations. Mayr noted that divergent natural selection could ...
What Is a Species , and What Is Not ? Ernst MayrI analyze a number of widespread misconceptions concerning species. The species category, defined by a concept, denotes the rank of a species taxon in the Linnaean hierarchy. Biological species are reproducing isolated from each other, which ...
Discusses Ernst Mayr's explanations of the origin of species. Works on the species problem; Organic diversity of species; Mayr's biological species concept; Theory of founder-effect speciation.CoyneJerry A.EvolutionBARBIER E B, BURGESS J C, et al. Paradise lost London: Earthscan Publications Ltd...
Mayr, Ernst Walter (1904–2005)doi:10.1002/9780471743989.vse10028Mayr, Ernst Walter (biological species conceptsystematicsFirst page of article Keywords: Mayr, Ernst Walter (biological species concept); systematicsJoe CainUniversity College London, London, UKJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc....
During this period, Mayr struggles to refine the biological species concept in the face of tensions that exist between studying species locally and studying them as geographically distributed collections of variable populations. The typological/population distinction is first formulated in 1955, when Mayr...
Although Mayr was not the originator of the biological species concept, he demonstrated its validity more convincingly than anyone else before and proposed a superior and concise definition of the biospecies which everybody adopted. He also initiated with various studies a period of renewed interest ...
Species CategorySpecies ProblemBiological Species ConceptNo Abstract available for this article.doi:10.1078/1431-7613-00051Ernst MayrElsevier GmbHTheory in BiosciencesMayr, Ernst, 2002: Comments by Ernst Mayr. In: Theory in Biosciences 121(1), S. 99-100....