Explicitness, stability, and universality in the phylogenetic definition and usage of taxon names: A case study of the phylogenetic taxonomy of the Carnivora (mammalia)

Systematic Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 174-189

  Bryant, Harold N ^a  

^a ROYAL ALBERTA MUSEUM   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carnivora; Nomenclatural stability; Phylogenetic definition; Phylogenetic taxonomy; Taxon names; Taxonomic conventions; Taxonomic usage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030310769     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/45.2.174     Document Type: Article

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