Species : a history of the idea / John S. Wilkins.

Author/creator Wilkins, John S., 1955-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press, ©2009.
Description1 online resource (xiv, 305 pages) : illustrations.
Supplemental ContentEBSCOhost
Subjects

SeriesSpecies and systematics ; v. 1
Species and systematics ; v. 1. ^A1016664
Contents Prologue -- The classical era: science by division -- The medieval bridge -- Species and the birth of modern science -- The early nineteenth century: a period of change -- Darwin and the Darwinians -- The species problem arises -- The synthesis and species -- Modern debates -- Reproductive isolation concepts -- Evolutionary species concepts -- Phylogenetic species concepts -- Other species concepts -- Historical summary and conclusions.
General noteDescription based on print version record.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formPrint version: Wilkins, John S., 1955- Species. Berkeley : University of California Press, c2009 9780520260856
Genre/formElectronic books.
ISBN9780520945074 (electronic bk.)
ISBN0520945077 (electronic bk.)