Bayesian transmogrification of clade divergence dates: A critique

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1749-1756

  Heads, Michael ^a  

^a Buffalo Museum of Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Dispersal; Fossil; Gondwana; Historical biogeography; Methodological critique; Molecular clock; Phylogeny; Vicariance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866323796     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02784.x     Document Type: Editorial

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