Applications of phylogenetically independent contrasts: A mixed progress report

Oikos

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 167-172

  Ricklefs, Robert E ^a   Starck, J Matthias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

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EID: 0030482765     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3545598     Document Type: Short Survey

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