%A De-Yuan Hong %T Biodiversity pursuits need a scientific and operative species concept %0 Journal Article %D 2016 %J Biodiv Sci %R 10.17520/biods.2016203 %P 979-999 %V 24 %N 9 %U {https://www.biodiversity-science.net/CN/abstract/article_8901.shtml} %8 2016-09-20 %X

The future of human being may rely on biodiversity, and thus depends on how to investigate, conserve, and rationally use biodiversity. Species is the basic unit of biodiversity, and therefore rational delimitation of species is one of the crucial issues for biodiversity pursuits. However, no species concept published until now is both scientific and operative. A tentative species concept is proposed here just for discussion.