Geographie variation: A synthesis of cause, data, pattern and congruence in relation to subspecies, multivariate analysis and phylogenesis

Bolletino di zoologia

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1987, Pages 3-11

  Thorpe, Roger Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geographic variation; Multivariate analysis; Phylogenetic analysis; Subspecies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002424827     PISSN: 03734137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250008709355549     Document Type: Review

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