Stability, sensitivity, science and heurism

Cladistics

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 597-604

  Grant, Taran ^a,b   Kluge, Arnold G ^c  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEURISTICS; PHYLOGENETICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STABILITY ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY;

EID: 33745122664     PISSN: 07483007     EISSN: 10960031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2005.00082.x     Document Type: Review

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