Evolutionary informatics: Unifying knowledge about the diversity of life

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 94-103

  Parr, Cynthia S ^a   Guralnick, Robert ^b,c   Cellinese, Nico ^d   Page, Roderic D M ^e  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN EVOLUTION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; KNOWLEDGE; PHENOTYPE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; TOPOLOGY;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGY; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ECOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84856120103     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2011.11.001     Document Type: Review

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