Die Seebohm-Hartert-„Schule” der europäischen Ornithologie

Abstract

During the late 19th century,Henry Seebohm andErnst Hartert emphasized the concept of a broadly delimited species category in taxonomy which contrasted with the views of most leading ornithologists in England and on the continent.Hartert successfully established this “school” through the publication of hismagnum opus “Die Vogel der palaarktischen Fauna” (1903–1922). Since the 1920s, the work ofStresemann, Rensch andMary broadened the theoretical scope of this “school” into the field of a “new systematics” which, underMayr's leadership, merged with population genetics and paleontology in the synthetic theory of evolution during the 1940s.