species: References & Edit History
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Assorted References
- major reference
- biodiversity
- biodiversity loss
- concept of species in bacterial systematics
- conservation and biodiversity
- endangered species
- evolution
- In evolution
- genus
- In genus
- mutation theory
- nomenclature
- In nomenclature
- philosophy of biology concerns
- phylogeny
- In phylogeny
- recognition during mating process
- role in ecosystem
- role of gene pool
- speciation
- In speciation
- survival of the fittest
conceptual development by
mass extinction
- Permian extinction
Additional Reading
Good introductions to species are included in M.F. Claridge, H.A. Dawah, and M.R. Wilson (eds.), Species: The Units of Biodiversity (1997); and Peter R. Grant, Ecology and Evolution of Darwin’s Finches (2017). More advanced works related to species, speciation, and taxonomy include Jerry A. Coyne and H. Allen Orr, Speciation (2004); Frank E. Zachos, Species Concepts in Biology: Historical Development, Theoretical Foundations and Practical Relevance (2016); and Robert Snedden, The Diversity of Life: From Single Cells to Multicellular Organisms , 2nd ed. (2007).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Add new Web site: Academia - What is a Species? An endless debate (PDF). | Dec 21, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The New York Times - What Is a Species, Anyway? | Sep 20, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Open Oregon Educational Resources - Principles of Biology - Formation of New Species. | Jun 21, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Species and speciation. | Feb 27, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Raider Digital Publishing - Introductory Biology 2 - Species Concepts. | Dec 08, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Nature - Scitable - Why Should We Care about Species? | Oct 10, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Species concept and speciation. | Apr 29, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Biology LibreTexts - Species Concepts. | Dec 09, 2022 | ||
| Removed species count illustration. | Nov 06, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Mexican biodiversity - Species. | Sep 23, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: University College, London - Biodiversity and Species. | Sep 23, 2019 | ||
| Fixed typo. | Dec 04, 2018 | ||
| Added a photograph of a nautilus (Nautilus) and a diagram of taxonomic nomenclature. | Aug 24, 2018 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Aug 24, 2018 | ||
| Bibliography thoroughly revised. | Apr 19, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: ARKive - Species. | Mar 06, 2014 | ||
| Added diagram depicting how new species may arise. | Nov 15, 2010 | ||
| Added text noting that 1.9 million species have been described. | Aug 17, 2010 | ||
| New bibliography added. | Apr 03, 2009 | ||
| Article thoroughly revised and updated. | Apr 03, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Wyoming Bioinformation Node's Species Atlas. | Jun 28, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Wyoming Bioinformation Node's Species Atlas. | Jun 28, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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