Ernst Mayr

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gptkbp:instanceOf biologist
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkbp:awards gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
gptkbp:birthDate July 5, 1904
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Kempten,_Germany
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:contributedTo the study of animal behavior
the concept of allopatric speciation
the role of geographic isolation in speciation
the study of avian taxonomy
the study of biodiversity
the study of conservation genetics
the study of evolutionary ecology
the study of phylogenetics
the study of systematics
understanding of species diversity
the importance of reproductive isolation
the integration of genetics and evolution
the role of natural selection in evolution
the study of ecological interactions
the study of evolutionary biology history
the study of evolutionary genetics
the study of evolutionary mechanisms
the study of evolutionary patterns
the study of evolutionary theory development
the study of historical biogeography
the study of species concepts
the study of the origin of species
gptkbp:contribution concept of biological species
gptkbp:deathDate February 3, 2005
gptkbp:famousFor the biological species concept
gptkbp:field evolutionary biology
gptkbp:fieldOfStudy zoology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ernst Mayr
gptkbp:influence 20th-century biology
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Richard_Dawkins
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Charles_Darwin
gptkbp:involved conservation biology
gptkbp:knownFor the modern synthesis
gptkbp:legacy pioneering work in evolutionary theory
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:notableWorks Systematics and the Origin of Species
gptkbp:philosophy naturalism
gptkbp:publishedBy The Growth of Biological Thought
What Evolution Is
One Long Argument
The Evolutionary Synthesis
This Is Biology
gptkbp:researchFocus speciation
gptkbp:researchInterest field studies
genetic analysis
morphological analysis
experimental biology
comparative method
gptkbp:spouse Evelyn_Mayr