Species: Turning a conundrum into a research program

Journal of Nematology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 117-133

  Brooks, Daniel R ^b   McLennan, Deborah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Evolutionary species concept; Historical ecology; Phylogenetic species concept; Phylogeny; Speciation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033143336     PISSN: 0022300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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