Statistical issues and assumptions of phylogenetic generalized least squares

Modern Phylogenetic Comparative Methods and their Application in Evolutionary Biology

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 131-153

  Mundry, Roger ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 84928907558     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-43550-2_6     Document Type: Chapter

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