The circular definition of populations and its implications for biological sampling

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 765-768

  Harwood, Thomas D ^a,b  

^a Imperial College London ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecological paradigm; Evolutionary paradigm; Population definition; Sampling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMAN; NOTE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ANIMALS; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 60549083548     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.04066.x     Document Type: Note

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