Semaphoronts, cladograms and the roots of total evidence

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 167-186

  Rieppel, Olivier ^a  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coherence theory of truth; Hierarchy; Logical positivism; Phylogenetic systematics; Willi Hennig

Indexed keywords

PHYLOGENETICS;

NEXUS;

EID: 0141570832     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8312.2003.00228.x     Document Type: Article

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