Exploring the effects of phylogenetic uncertainty and consensus trees on stratigraphic consistency scores: A new program and a standardized method

Cladistics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 52-60

  Boyd, Clint A ^a   Cleland, Timothy P ^a   Marrero, Nico L ^b   Clarke, Julia A ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOBOTANY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; STANDARDIZATION; TREE;

EID: 78650766455     PISSN: 07483007     EISSN: 10960031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2010.00320.x     Document Type: Article

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