Questioning species realities

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 67-76

  Hendry, Andrew P ^a,b   Vamosi, Steven M ^a   Latham, Stephen J ^a   Heilbuth, Jana C ^a   Day, Troy ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mitochondrial DNA; Phylogeny; Phylogeography; Speciation; Species concepts; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002285314     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010133721121     Document Type: Article

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