Genetic distance as a test of species boundaries in the Citril Finch Serinus citrinella: A critique and taxonomic reinterpretation

Ibis

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 487-490

  Sangster, George ^a  

^a NONE   (Netherlands)

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SERINUS CITRINELLA;

EID: 0033942022     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.2000.tb04447.x     Document Type: Article

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