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John S. Wilkins: Species: A History of the Idea

University of California Press, Berkeley, CA, 2009, ISBN: 978-0-520-26085-6, 303 pp, price: $29.95

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Richards, R.A. John S. Wilkins: Species: A History of the Idea . Sci & Educ 22, 391–398 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11191-012-9453-9

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