Charles Girard: Relationships and Representation in Nineteenth Century Systematics

Journal of the History of Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 609-643

  Quinn, Aleta ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Affinity; Diagrams; Evolution; Girard; Natural classification; Systematics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978115960     PISSN: 00225010     EISSN: 15730387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10739-016-9447-6     Document Type: Article

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