Phylogeny imbalance: Taxonomic level matters

Systematic Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 844-854

  Purvis, Andy ^a   Agapow, Paul Michael ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Imbalance; MeSA; Phylogeny shape; Taxonomic level

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036964340     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10635150290102546     Document Type: Conference Paper

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