THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS
500 Fifth St, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20001
This volume is based on the Arthur M. Sackler Colloquium of the National Academy of Sciences, “Systematics and the Origin of Species: On Ernst Mayr’s 100th Anniversary,” held December 16-18, 2004, at the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center of the National Academies of Science and Engineering in Irvine, California. The articles appearing in these pages were contributed by speakers at the colloquium and have not been independently reviewed. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this volume are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Academy of Sciences.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Systematics and the origin of species : on Ernst Mayr's 100th anniversary / Jody Hey, Walter M. Fitch, and Francisco J. Ayala, editors.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-309-09536-0 (hardcover)—ISBN 0-309-54760-1 (pdf) 1. Species. 2. Biology—Classification. I. Mayr, Ernst, 1904-2005. II. Hey, Jody. III. Fitch, Walter M., 1929- IV. Ayala, Francisco José, 1934-
QH380.S97 2005
576.8'6—dc22
2005017917
Additional copies of this book are available from the
National Academies Press,
500 Fifth St., N.W., Lockbox 285, Washington, DC 20055; (800) 624-6242 or (202) 334-33313 (in the Washington metropolitan area); Internet, http://www.nap.edu.
Cover design by Michele de la Menardiere; illustration by Stephen D. Nash/Conservation International.
Copyright 2005 by the National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
