Relationships of some mannikins and waxbills in the estrildidae

Journal fur Ornithologie

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 179-192

  Baptista, Luis F ^a   Lawson, Robin ^a   Visser, Eleanor ^a   Bell, Douglas A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Behaviour; Estrildid systematics; Morphology; Vocalizations

Indexed keywords

ALLOZYME; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; TAXONOMY; VOCALIZATION;

AMADINA; ESTRILDIDAE; ESTRILDINAE; EUODICE; LONCHURA; ODONTOSPIZA; PADDA; SPERMESTES;

EID: 0032831018     PISSN: 00218375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01653597     Document Type: Article

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