The role of theories in biological systematics

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 221-238

  Hull, David L ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cladistics; Classification; Numerical Taxonomy; Phenetics; Phylogeny; Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042092606     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-8486(01)00006-1     Document Type: Article

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