Problematic issues of cladistics: 7. Theseus' ship and the temporal demarcation of species

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 235, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-49

  Reif, Wolf Ernst ^a  

^a Institut fur Geowissenschaften   (Germany)

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CLADISTICS; EVOLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES CONCEPT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 14544302228     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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