Phylogeny of early tertiary swifts and hummingbirds (Aves: Apodiformes)

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Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 145-151

  Mayr, Gerald ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CLADISTICS; PHYLOGENY; TERTIARY;

APODIDAE; APODIFORMES; ARGORNIS; AVES; JUNGORNIS; SCANIACYPSELUS; TROCHILIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037232874     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4090149     Document Type: Article

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