liigimõistet
The term "liigimõistet" translates from Estonian to "species concept." It refers to the different ways biologists define and understand what constitutes a species. This is a fundamental concept in biology, as it underpins how we classify and study the diversity of life.
One of the most widely used definitions is the biological species concept, which defines a species as
However, the biological species concept has limitations. It is difficult to apply to organisms that reproduce
The debate over the "species problem"—the difficulty in defining species unambiguously—continues in biology. Different species concepts