I had found again and again that the most aberrant population of a species - often having reached species rank, and occasionally classified even as a separate genus - occurred at a peripheral location, indeed usually at the most isolated peripheral location.

  • -- Ernst Mayr 迈尔

我一次又一次地发现,一个物种中最异常的种群——往往达到了物种的级别,有时甚至被划分为一个单独的属——发生在一个边缘位置,实际上通常是在最孤立的边缘位置。

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But as population became denser, the natural chemical and biological recycling processes became overloaded, calling for a redefinition of property rights.

但随着人口密度的增加,自然的化学和生物循环过程变得超负荷,需要重新定义产权。