Title
On the number of categories in biological classifications
Title Variants
Alternative:
Biological classifications
Related Titles
Series:
American Museum novitates, no. 2584
By
Anderson, Sydney, 1927-2018
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
New York, N.Y, American Museum of Natural History, c1975
Notes
Title from caption.
"August 19, 1975."
"The theoretical maximum and minimum numbers, and the most probable numbers, of categories to be recognized in classifications designed to express all cladistic information in groups of different sizes are derived by Monte Carlo models based on a theoretical distribution that fits real taxonomic data. The number of categories required is much nearer the minimum possible number than the maximum possible; usually 11 to 16 categories will be needed for a group of 100, 21 to 26 for a group of 1000, and 26 to 36 for a group of 10,000. The number of categories required for a group of a certain size increases as the percentage of the members of that group that are extinct increases"--P. [1].
Subjects
Biology
,
Classification
,
Mathematical models
,
Monte Carlo method
Call Number
QL1 .A436 no.2584, 1975
Language
English
Identifiers
LCCN:
https://lccn.loc.gov/76359871
OCLC:
2225227
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