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The Use of Tree Comparison Metrics
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The Use of Tree Comparison Metrics Get access David Penny, David Penny 1Department of Botany and ZoologyMassey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar M. D. Hendy M. D. Hendy 2Department of Mathematics and Statistics,Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Systematic Biology, Volume 34, Issue 1, March 1985, Pages 75–82, https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/34.1.75 Published: 01 March 1985 Article history Received: 17 April 1984 Accepted: 09 November 1984 Published: 01 March 1985
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- Authors
- Penny, D., & Hendy, M. D.
- Venue
- Systematic Biology
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1985-03-01
- Volume
- 34
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 75-82
- ISSN
- 1063-5157 (ISSN-L)
- 1076-836X
- OpenAlex
- W1994371781
- Cited by
- 270
- References
- 10
- FWCI
- 0.73
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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