Congruence between parsimony and stratigraphy: Comparisons of three indices

Paleobiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 20-32

  Hitchin, Rebecca ^a   Benton, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; ECHINODERM; FISH; RELATIVE COMPLETENESS INDEX; SPEARMAN RANK COEFFICIENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRATIGRAPHIC CONSISTENCY INDEX; TETRAPOD;

EID: 0030867377     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0094837300016626     Document Type: Article

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