A Phylogeny of the Gulls (Aves: Larinae) Inferred from Osteological and Integumentary Characters

Cladistics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-43

  Chu, Philip C ^a  

^a SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0001838717     PISSN: 07483007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.1998.tb00202.x     Document Type: Review

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