Flightlessness and phylogeny amongst endemic rails (Aves : Rallidae) of the New Zealand region

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 352, Issue 1352, 1997, Pages 429-446

  Trewick, S A ^a,b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMAURORNIS; ANIMALIA; AVES; FULICA; GALLINULA CHLOROPUS; GALLIRALLUS; GALLIRALLUS MODESTUS; GRUIDAE; GRUS ANTIGONE; HOPLOPTERUS SPINOSUS; JACANA; MEGACREX INEPTA; PORPHYRIO MANTELLI; PORPHYRIO MANTELLI MANTELLI; PORPHYRIO MARTINICUS; PORPHYRIO MELANOTUS; PORPHYRIO PORPHYRIO; PORZANA; RALLIDAE; RALLUS; RALLUS AQUATICUS; RALLUS PHILIPPENSIS; RHYNOCHETOS JUBATUS;

EID: 0031589929     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1997.0031     Document Type: Article

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