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Systematics and the origin of species, from the viewpoint of a zoologist

Ernst Mayr
This classic study, first published in 1942, helped to revolutionize evolutionary biology by offering a new approach to taxonomic principles and correlating the ideas and findings of modern systematics with those of other life science disciplines. This book is one of the foundational documents of the “Evolutionary Synthesis.”
Print Book, English, 1999
1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed View all formats and editions
Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass, 1999
Classification
XXXV, 334 p. ill. 21 cm
9780674862500, 0674862503
1332207303
Foreword by Theodosius Dobzhansky Preface Introduction, 1999 Introduction by Niles Eldredge I. The Methods and Principles of Systematics II. Taxonomic Characters and Their Variation III. Phenomena of Geographic Variation IV. Some Aspects of Geographic Variation V. The Systematic Categories and the New Species Concept VI. The Polytypic Species, In Nature and in Systematics VII. The Species in Evolution VIII. Nongeographic Speciation IX. The Biology of Speciation X. The Higher Categories and Evolution Literature Index
Originally published: New York : Columbia University Press, 1942