Phylogeny of the Falconidae inferred from molecular and morphological data

Auk

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 116-130

  Griffiths, Carole S ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHYLOGENY; RAPTOR;

FALCONIDAE;

EID: 0032966654     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089459     Document Type: Article

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