Taxon sampling, correlated evolution, and independent contrasts

Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1480-1492

  Ackerly, D D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative methods; Correlated evolution; Independent contrasts; Simulations; Taxon sampling

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENETICS; SAMPLING;

EID: 0033709077     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2000.tb00694.x     Document Type: Article

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