When simplicity is not parsimonious: A priori and a posteriori methods in historical biogeography

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-11

  Van Veller, Marco G P ^a   Brooks, Daniel R ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

A posteriori methods; A priori methods; Brooks Parsimony Analysis; Component Analysis; Historical biogeography; Logical consistency; Null hypothesis; Parsimony; Phylogenetic systematics; Reconciled Tree Analysis; Total evidence

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES AND TECHNIQUES; BIOGEOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

BIOGEOGRAPHY; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; METHODOLOGY;

EID: 0034988426     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2001.00519.x     Document Type: Review

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