Strap: An R package for plotting phylogenies against stratigraphy and assessing their stratigraphic congruence

Palaeontology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 379-389

  Bell, Mark A ^a   Lloyd, Graeme T ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computer program; Phylogeny; R; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FOSSIL; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SOFTWARE; TOPOLOGY;

EID: 84924065334     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12142     Document Type: Article

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