Problematic issues of cladistics: 8. Philosophical vagueness and the reality of ancestors

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 235, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 137-173

  Reif, Wolf Ernst ^a  

^a Institut fur Geowissenschaften   (Germany)

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CLADISTICS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS;

EID: 16344371981     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/235/2005/137     Document Type: Article

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