Multimodel-Inference in comparative analyses

Modern Phylogenetic Comparative Methods and their Application in Evolutionary Biology

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 305-331

  Garamszegi, Läszlo Zsolt ^a   Mundry, Roger ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 84947599019     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-43550-2_12     Document Type: Chapter

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