Origin of hummingbird faunas

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 77-97

  Bleiweiss, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Andes; DNA hybridization; North America; Trochilidae; Tropical; West Indies

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CENTRAL AMERICA; COEVOLUTION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DNA ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINE; MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHYLOGENY; SOUTH AMERICA;

BIRD; COEVOLUTION; EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT;

APOIDEA; AVES; EULAMPIS; MANGIFERA INDICA; ORTHORHYNCUS; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 0031655730     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1998.0242     Document Type: Article

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