Operational criteria for delimiting species

Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

Volumn 35, Issue , 2004, Pages 199-227

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

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Speciation; Species criteria; Species delimitation; Systematics

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; METHODOLOGY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TAXONOMY;

EID: 11244267503     PISSN: 00664162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.35.112202.130128     Document Type: Review

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