The contribution of Nicolae Botnariuc to evolutionary biology using systems theory

Early this year, the Romanian Academy commemorated the centennial birthday of the evolutionary biologist Nicolae Botnariuc (13.03.1915 – 01.03.2011; Figure 1). The scientific contribution of Botnariuc has been well recognized within the Romanian community of biologists which fostered influential personalities like Emil G. Racovitza, Constantin Motaş and Radu Codreanu (cf. Iftimovici 1977; Negrea 2007). However, many aspects of his scientific achievements remain largely unknown beyond the Romanian academic space, likely due to publications with a restricted international distribution at the time the academic space of Eastern Europe was still constrained ideologically.The accepted manuscript in pdf format is listed with the files at the bottom of this page. The presentation of the authors' names and (or) special characters in the title of the manuscript may differ slightly between what is listed on this page and what is listed in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript; that in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript is what was submitted by the author