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THE CHALLENGE OF DIVERSITY
Author(s) -
Mayr Ernst
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.2307/1218081
Subject(s) - diversity (politics) , population , geography , genetic diversity , adaptive evolution , ecology , evolutionary biology , biology , sociology , demography , anthropology , biochemistry , gene
Summary The study of organic diversity poses problems of inventory taking, of origins, and of selective (adaptive) significance. Increasing diversity during evolutionary history has resulted in the origin of spectacular adaptive innovations and the invasion of new adaptive zones. Important new concepts, such as population thinking, were developed by the students of diversity.