[Taxacom] Metapopulation lineage species concept

[Laurent Raty]

Jody Haynes wrote:
> In application, I see this as a significant advance as well.

Before drawing conclusions about the applicability of all this, you 
should probably also read the following paper, if you haven't:

de Queiroz K. (2005): A unified concept of species and its consequences
for the future of taxonomy. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., ser.4, 56(suppl.1):
196-215.
http://research.calacademy.org/research/scipubs/pdfs/v56/proccas_v56_n18_SuppI.pdf

A.o., directly from the abstract:

"This unified species concept has a number of consequences for taxonomy,
including the need to acknowledge that undifferentiated and
undiagnosable lineages are species, that species can fuse, that species
can be nested within other species, that the species category is not a
taxonomic rank, and that new taxonomic practices and conventions are
needed to accommodate these conclusions."

Laurent -