Suprageneric relationships of galliform birds (Aves, Galliformes): A cladistic analysis of morphological characters

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 227-244

  Dyke, Gareth J ^a,d   Gulas, Bonnie E ^b   Crowe, Timothy M ^a,c  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Aves; Bird; Cladistics; Galliformes; Landfowl; Morphology; Phylogenetics; Systematics

Indexed keywords

AFROPAVO; AGRIOCHARUS; ARGUSIANUS; AVES; CRACIDAE; GALLIFORMES; MEGAPODIIDAE; MELEAGRIS; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; NEORNITHES; NUMIDA; NUMIDIDAE; ODONTOPHORIDAE; PAVO; PHASIANIDAE; POLYPLECTRON; RHEINARDIA; TETRAONIDAE;

EID: 0037323320     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1096-3642.2003.00048.x     Document Type: Article

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