Parsimony analysis of endemicity describes but does not explain: An illustrated critique

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 903-913

  Garzón Orduña, Ivonne J ^a,b   Miranda Esquivel, Daniel Rafael ^b   Donato, Mariano ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cladistic biogeography; Dispersal; Event based methods; Historical biogeography; PAE; Primary homology; Vicariance

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLADISTICS; DISPERSAL; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENDEMISM; HOMOLOGY; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; VICARIANCE;

EID: 42149146837     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01842.x     Document Type: Article

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