Characters discriminating two seed husking mechanisms in finches (Fringillidae: Carduelinae) and Estrildids (Passeridae: Estrildinae)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 232, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-33

  Nuijens, Frank W ^a   Zweers, Gart A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0030938760     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199704)232:1<1::AID-JMOR1>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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