Morphological and vocal variation among subspecies of the black-faced sheathbill

Condor

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 818-825

  Bried, Joël ^a   Jouventin, Pierre ^a  

^a CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Black faced Sheathbill; Chionis minor; Morphometrics; Reproductive isolation; Speciation; Vocalizations

Indexed keywords

AVES; CHIONIS MINOR;

EID: 0030859325     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370496     Document Type: Article

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