Comments on: BBB – Challenge of Identifying Juvenile Gulls http://www.wanderersapprentice.com/challenge-of-identifying-juvenile-gulls.html Explore. Observe. Share. Sun, 11 Jul 2010 12:41:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Drew Fulton http://www.wanderersapprentice.com/challenge-of-identifying-juvenile-gulls.html/comment-page-1#comment-77 Drew Fulton Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:22:50 +0000 http://www.wanderersapprentice.com/?p=423#comment-77 Greg, I like your line of questioning and I think I will be examining it in my Sunday Essay. Check back then! Greg,

I like your line of questioning and I think I will be examining it in my Sunday Essay. Check back then!

]]> By: Greg G. http://www.wanderersapprentice.com/challenge-of-identifying-juvenile-gulls.html/comment-page-1#comment-75 Greg G. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:02:38 +0000 http://www.wanderersapprentice.com/?p=423#comment-75 Drew, What is a species? Is a species a population of animals that is able to breed and produce viable offspring that can themselves breed? Is a species a population that compromises a genetically distinct lineage? Is a species a population that maintains an ecologically distinct role as compared to other populations? Is a species simply a population that is morphologically distinct (used to be)? For the sake of provocation...why do you all care about naming things that might not even be different? Nature is often about shades of grey... Drew,

What is a species?

Is a species a population of animals that is able to breed and produce viable offspring that can themselves breed? Is a species a population that compromises a genetically distinct lineage? Is a species a population that maintains an ecologically distinct role as compared to other populations?
Is a species simply a population that is morphologically distinct (used to be)?

For the sake of provocation…why do you all care about naming things that might not even be different? Nature is often about shades of grey…

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