Species concepts and species delimitation

Systematic Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 879-886

  De Queiroz, Kevin ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Species concept; Species criteria; Species delimitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION;

BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 36249004900     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10635150701701083     Document Type: Article

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