The statistical frame of mind in systematic biology from Quantitative Zoology to Biometry

Journal of the History of Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 353-384

  Hagen, Joel ^a  

^a RADFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biometry; Computers; Phylogeny; Statistics; Systematics

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; BIOMETRY; HISTORY; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; STATISTICS; ZOOLOGY;

BIOLOGY; BIOMETRY; HISTORIOGRAPHY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; STATISTICS; ZOOLOGY;

EID: 0042412289     PISSN: 00225010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024479322226     Document Type: Review

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