Delimiting species: A Renaissance issue in systematic biology

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 462-470

  Sites Jr , Jack W ^a   Marshall, Jonathon C ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; SPECIES CONCEPT;

EID: 0042011260     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(03)00184-8     Document Type: Review

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