General Introduction

I. EVOLUTION

Introduction: Darwin Vindicated
Basic Concepts of Evolutionary Biology
The Evolution of Living Systems
Typological versus Population Thinking
Accident or Design: The Paradox of Evolution
Selection and Directional Evolution
Population Size and Evolutionary Parameters
From Molecules to Organic Diversity
Sexual Selection and Natural Selection
The Emergence of Evolutionary Novelties

II. SPECIATION

Introduction
Darwin and Isolation
Darwin, Wallace, and the Origin of Isolating Mechanisms
Karl Jordan on Speciation
Sympatric Speciation
Bird Speciation in the Tropics
Change of Environment and Speciation
Geographical Character Gradients and Climatic Adaptation

III. HISTORY OF BIOLOGY

Introduction
Lamarck Revisited
Agassiz, Darwin, and Evolution
The Nature of the Darwinian Revolution
Karl Jordan on the Theory of Systematics and Evolution
Where Are We?
The Recent Historiography of Genetics

IV. PHILOSOPHY OF BIOLOGY

Introduction
Cause and Effect in Biology
Explanatory Models in Biology
Theory Formation in Developmental Biology
Teleological and Teleonomic: A New Analysis

V. THEORY OF SYSTEMATICS

Introduction
The Challenge of Diversity
The Role of Systematics in Biology
Theory of Biological Classification
Cladistic Analysis or Cladistic Classification

VI. THE SPECIES

Introduction
Toward a Modern Species Definition
Karl Jordan and the Biological Species Concept
Species Concepts and Definitions
Sibling or Cryptic Species among Animals
The Biological Meaning of species

VII. MAN

Introduction
Taxonomic Categories in Fossil Hominids

VIII. BIOGEOGRAPHY

Introduction
What Is a Fauna?
History of the North American Bird Fauna
Inferences Concerning the Tertiary North American Bird Faunas
The Origin and History of the Polynesian Bird Fauna
Land Bridges and Dispersal Facilities
Wallace's Line in the Light of Recent Zoogeographic Studies
Fragments of a Papuan Ornithogeography
The Ornithogeography of the Hawaiian Islands
The Nature of Colonization of Birds

IX. BEHAVIOR

Introduction
Behavior and Systematics
Behavior Programs and Evolutionary Strategies

INDEX

Ernst Mayr is Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology, Emeritus, at Harvard University. He is also the recipient of numerous honorary degrees and awards, including the Crafoord Prize for Biology, the National Medal of Science, the Balzan Prize, and the Japan Prize.

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