The logical priority of the tree over characters and some of its consequences for taxonomy

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 497-503

  Härlin, Mikael ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Circularity; Cladistics; Evolution; History; Individuality; Linnaean hierarchy; Phylogenetic taxonomy; Phylogeny; Systematics; Taxon names

Indexed keywords

PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

LINNAEA;

EID: 0342980837     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1999.0348     Document Type: Article

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