Relationships between the ant-thrushes Neocossyphus and the flycatcher-thrushes Stizorhina, and their position relative to Myadestes, Entomodestes and some other Turdidae (Passeriformes)

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 177-183

  Pasquet, E ^a,b,e   Cibois, A ^a,b,e   Baillon, F ^c   Erard, C ^d,f  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b SEOF MNHN CP 51   (France)

^c Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement Cameroon   (Cameroon)

^d MNHN   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f UMR 8571 MNHN CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Flycatchers; Mitochondrial DNA; Myadestes; Neocossyphus; Phylogeny; Stizorhina; Turdidae

Indexed keywords

AVES; ENTOMODESTES; FORMICIDAE; MUSCICAPIDAE; MYADESTES; NEOCOSSYPHUS; STIZORHINA; TURDIDAE;

EID: 0000415528     PISSN: 09475745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.1999.tb00981.x     Document Type: Article

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