How many hidden species are there? An application of the phylogenetic species concept to genetic data for some comparatively well known bee 'species'

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 587-594

  Packer, Laurence ^a   Taylor, John S ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEE; SPECIES CONCEPT; SPECIES RICHNESS;

APOIDEA; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 0030832703     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/ent129587-4     Document Type: Review

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