Congruence between phylogeny and stratigraphy: Randomization tests and the gap excess ratio

Systematic Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 559-580

  Wills, Matthew A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ghost ranges; Homoplasy excess ratios; Permutation tail probability; Relative completeness index; Retention index; Stratigraphic consistency index

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; EUTHERIA;

EID: 0033457184     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/106351599260148     Document Type: Article

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