tailieunhanh - THE SPECIES PROBLEM ONGOING ISSUES

The book includes collection of theoretical papers dealing with the species problem, which is among most fundamental issues in biology. The principal topics are: consideration of the species problem from the standpoint of modern non-classical science paradigm, with emphasis on its conceptual status presuming its analysis within certain conceptual framework; evolutionary emergence of the species as discrete unit of certain level of generality; epistemological consideration of the species as a particular explanatory hypotheses, with respective revised concepts of biodiversity and conservation; considerations of evolutionary and phylogenomic species concepts as candidates for the universal one; re-appraisal of the biological species concept. | THE SPECIES PROBLEM -ONGOING ISSUES Edited by Igor Ya. Pavlinov The Species Problem - Ongoing Issues http 3313 Edited by Igor Ya. Pavlinov Contributors Richard Mayden Kirk Fitzhugh Igor Pavlinov Jack W. Sites Jr. Larissa Vasilyeva Steven Stephenson Richard Richards Victor Shcherbakov David N. Stamos James Staley Friedmann Vladimir Published by InTech Janeza Trdine 9 51000 Rijeka Croatia Copyright 2013 InTech All chapters are Open Access distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution license which allows users to download copy and build upon published articles even for commercial purposes as long as the author and publisher are properly credited which ensures maximum dissemination and a wider impact of our publications. After this work has been published by InTech authors have the right to republish it in whole or part in any publication of which they are the author and to make other personal use of the work. Any republication referencing or personal use of the work must explicitly identify the original source. Notice Statements and opinions expressed in the chapters are these of the individual contributors and not necessarily those of the editors or publisher. No responsibility is accepted for the accuracy of information contained in the published chapters. The publisher assumes no responsibility for any damage or injury to persons or property arising out of the use of any materials instructions methods or ideas contained in the book. Publishing Process Manager Dragana Manestar Technical Editor InTech DTP team Cover InTech Design team First published February 2013 Printed in Croatia A free online edition of this book is available at Additional hard copies can be obtained from orders@ The Species Problem - Ongoing Issues Edited by Igor Ya. Pavlinov p. cm. ISBN 978-953-51-0957-0 INTECH open science I open minds free online editions of InTech Books and Journals can be found at .