Conducting phylogenetic comparative studies when the phylogeny is not known

Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 12-22

  Martins, Emília P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative method; Computer simulation; Phylogeny; Speciation; Statistics; Systematics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030021366     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1996.tb04468.x     Document Type: Article

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