The merits of similarity reconsidered

Systematics and Biodiversity

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 137-147

  Rieppel, Olivier ^a  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Hypothetico deductivism; Philosophy; Phylogeny reconstruction; Systematics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744766438     PISSN: 14772000     EISSN: 14780933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1477200005001830     Document Type: Review

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