What, if anything, are species? (Species and Systematics)

This book is an extended argument for abandoning the various single concepts and the "species" rank. The author proposes that the rank of "species" be replaced by a pluralistic view. In such taxonomy, the smallest identifiable lineages would be used within various divergent phylogenies in a context dependent manner. In such a view, "species" represents different sorts of things depending on the organism/lineage being considered. In practice, this is what is already done although it is not formally recognized.

• | Author: Brent D. Mishler
• | Publisher: CRC Press
• | Publication Date: April 02, 2021
• | Number of Pages: 168 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1498714544
• | ISBN-13: 9781498714549