Species limits in antbirds (Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae): The Myrmotherula surinamensis complex

Auk

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 83-96

  Isler, Morton L ^a   Isler, Phyllis R ^a   Whitney, Bret M ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PASSERINE; TAXONOMY; VOCALIZATION;

MYRMOTHERULA SURINAMENSIS; THAMNOPHILIDAE;

EID: 0033004595     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089456     Document Type: Article

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