Numts: A challenge for avian systematics and population biology

Auk

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 214-221

  Sorenson, Michael D ^a,c   Quinn, Thomas W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

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EID: 0031884718     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089130     Document Type: Article

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