Skeletons and the genera of sparrows (Emberizinae)

Auk

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1054-1074

  Webster, J Dan ^a   Webster, Jackson R ^b  

^a HANOVER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIMOPHILA; ATLAPETES; EMBERIZINAE; EMBERIZOIDES YPIRANGANUS; ORITURUS; PASSERIDAE; PEZOPETES; PSELLIOPHORUS; SPOROPHILA; SPOROPHILA OBSCURA; TIARIS; TORREORNIS;

EID: 0032695917     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089685     Document Type: Article

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