Taxonomy was the foundation of Darwin's evolution

Taxon

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-49

  Winsor, Mary P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agassiz; Cause; Darwin; Evolution; History; Systematics; Taxonomy; Theory

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; NATURAL SELECTION; PALEONTOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

EID: 63149191231     PISSN: 00400262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tax.581007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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