Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface v
3. Contents ix
4. Tables x
5. Figures xii
6. 1 ~ Evolutionary Biology 1
7. 2 ~ Species Concepts and Their Application 12
8. 3 ~ Morphological Species Characters and Sibling Species 31
9. 4 ~ Biological Properties of Species 59
10. 5 ~ Isolating Mechanisms 89
11. 6 ~ The Breakdown of Isolating Mechanisms (Hybridization) 110
12. 7 ~ The Population, Its Variation and Genetics 136
13. 8 ~ Factors Reducing the Genetic Variation of Populations 182
14. 9 ~ Storage and Protection of Genetic Variation 215
15. 10 ~ The Unity of the Genotype 263
16. 11 ~ Geographic Variation 297
17. 12 ~ The Polytypic Species of the Taxonomist 334
18. 13 ~ The Population Structure of Species 360
19. 14 ~ Kinds of Species 400
20. 15 ~ Multiplication of Species 424
21. 16 ~ Geographic Speciation 481
22. 17 ~ The Genetics of Speciation 516
23. 18 ~ The Ecology of Speciation 556
24. 19 ~ Species and Transpecific Evolution 586
25. 20 ~ Man as a Biological Species 622
26. Glossary 663
27. Bibliography 675
28. Index 783