A species-level phylogenetic supertree of marsupials

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 264, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-31

  Cardillo, Marcel ^a,b   Bininda Emonds, Olaf R P ^c   Boakes, Elizabeth ^a,b   Purvis, Andy ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comparative studies; Matrix representation with parsimony; Metatheria; QS support

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MARSUPIAL; PHYLOGENETICS;

DIDELPHIMORPHIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA;

EID: 4544357678     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836904005539     Document Type: Article

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