The long-billed lark complex: A species mosaic in Southwestern Africa

Auk

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 194-208

  Ryan, Peter G ^a   Bloomer, Paulette ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POPULATION ECOLOGY; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES CONCEPT;

AFRICA;

CERTHILAUDA BREVIROSTRIS; CERTHILAUDA CHUANA; CERTHILAUDA CURVIROSTRIS; CERTHILAUDA SEMITORQUATA; CERTHILAUDA SUBCORONATA;

EID: 0032897812     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089466     Document Type: Article

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