Anomalous areas and awkward ages: Concerns about over-reliance on model-based biogeographical and temporal inferences

Systematic Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 601-603

  Brower, Andrew V Z ^a   Vane Wright, R I ^b,c  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80052966876     PISSN: 03076970     EISSN: 13653113     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00586.x     Document Type: Note

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