Avian louse phylogeny (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera): A cladistic study based on morphology

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 81-144

  Smith, Vincent S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bird phylogeny; Coevolution; Congruence; Ischnocera; Lice; Ontogeny; Phthiraptera

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLIFORMES; ISCHNOCERA; MAMMALIA; PHTHIRAPTERA; TRICHODECTIDAE;

EID: 0035535002     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/zjls.2000.0264     Document Type: Article

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