Analytical methods in palaeobiogeography, and the role of early vertebrate studies

Palaeoworld

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 160-173

  Young, Gavin C ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cladistics; Converging area cladograms; Hierarchical data representation; Nelson's rule; Progression Rule; Vicariance

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; DATA SET; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOZOIC; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; VERTEBRATE; VICARIANCE;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77953251882     PISSN: 1871174X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palwor.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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