Species concepts and conservation

Colin Groves

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198703389.003.0004

Species concepts and conservation

Colin Groves

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Since the Evolutionary Synthesis of the 1930s, species have been thought of as populations (or groups of populations) that do not interbreed under natural conditions. But since about 1970 biologists have been gradually finding the problems with such a concept, and proposing alternatives.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	An Introduction to Primate Conservation
Editors	Serge A. Wich; Andrew J. Marshall
Place of Publication	Oxford, UK
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Pages	39-51
Volume	1
Edition	1st
ISBN (Print)	9780198703396
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198703389.003.0004
Publication status	Published - 2016

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