Evolutionary relationships among extant albatrosses (Procellariiformes: Diomedeidae) established from complete cytochrome-b gene sequences

Auk

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 784-801

  Nunn, Gary B ^a   Cooper, John ^b   Jouventin, Pierre ^c   Robertson, Chris J R ^d   Robertson, Graham G ^e  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

^d DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^e Australian Antarctic Programme   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRYSOSTOMA; CICONIIFORMES; DIOMEDEA CHRYSOSTOMA; DIOMEDEA MELANOPHRIS; DIOMEDEIDAE; MAMMALIA; PHOEBETRIA FUSCA; PROCELLARIIDAE; PROCELLARIIFORMES; THALASSARCHE BULLERI;

EID: 0030471324     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4088857     Document Type: Article

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