A reconsideration of songbird phylogeny, with emphasis on the evolution of titmice and their sylvioid relatives

Systematic Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 473-495

  Sheldon, Frederick H ^a   Gill, Frank B ^b,c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Character mapping; DNA hybridization; Historical ecology; Passeriformes; Phylogeny; Sylvioidea

Indexed keywords

AURIPARUS; AURIPARUS FLAVICEPS; AVES; CORVIDAE; PARIDAE; PASSERI; PASSERIDAE; PASSERIFORMES; PASSEROIDEA; SITTIDAE;

EID: 0030311343     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/45.4.473     Document Type: Article

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