Introgressive hybridisation, clucks, and ecological character displacement

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 245-248

  Haddon, Malcolm W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anas platyrhynchos; Anas superciliosa; Character convergence; Character displacement; Ducks; Introgressive hybridisation; New zealand

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009644984     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1998.9518154     Document Type: Article

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