Barlow's Lark: A new species in the Karoo Lark Certhilauda albescens complex of southwest Africa

Ibis

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 605-619

  Ryan, Peter G ^a   Hood, Ian ^a   Bloomer, Paulette ^a   Komen, Joris ^b   Crowe, Timothy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b National Museum of Namibia   (Namibia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CYTOCHROME B; HYBRIDIZATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

HABITAT SELECTION; NEW SPECIES; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE; SONG; TAXONOMY;

(SOUTHWEST); AFRICA;

CERTHILAUDA ALBESCENS; CERTHILAUDA BARLOWI; CERTHILAUDA BURRA; CERTHILAUDA ERYTHROCHLAMYS;

EID: 0031722308     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1998.tb04706.x     Document Type: Article

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