Geographic variation and reassessment of species limits in the 'masked' boobies of the Eastern Pacific Ocean

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 155-170

  Pitman, Robert L ^a   Jehl Jr , Joseph R ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b HUBBS SEAWORLD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILL COLOUR; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MASKED BOOBY; MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION; TAXONOMY;

CHILE; CLIPPERTON ISLAND; COLOMBIA; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; LAS ISLAS DESVENURADAS; MALPELO ISLAND; PACIFIC;

SULA DACTYLATRA; SULA GRANTI;

EID: 0031805685     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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