On 22/09/2008, at 6:36 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: > On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 1:26 PM, Charlie Bell > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: >> >> >> You've hit on something that's both profound and irrelevant. > > > Ack! I'll never earn a living this way!
Heheh! Seriously, it's a good point you made, but it's more philosophy of biology (as species concepts are) than practical biology, as when one's in the field (which I've not been in the research sense for a looooooong time) one just knows this is a snapshot in time. Even walking into a woodland and looking around, one can see different stages at once - the different successions in a clearing that eventually culminate in old-growth oak woodland, and so on. Charlie. Off To Work Now Maru _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
