Nonrandom variation in within-species sample size and missing data in phylogenetic comparative studies

Systematic Biology

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 876-880

  Garamszegi, László Zsolt ^a   Møller, Anders Pape ^b,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c Center for Advanced Study   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CLASSIFICATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GENETIC VARIATION; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 80054953003     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syr060     Document Type: Note

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