Phylogenetic analysis of the cuculidae (Aves, Cuculiformes) using behavioral and ecological characters

Auk

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 10-22

  Hughes, Janice M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; COCCYZUS; CUCULIDAE; CUCULIFORMES; OPISTHOCOMUS; OPISTHOCOMUS HOAZIN; TAPERA;

EID: 0001881152     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4088931     Document Type: Article

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