Evolution of long-distance migration in and historical biogeography of Catharus thrushes: A molecular phylogenetic approach

Auk

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 299-310

  Outlaw, Diana C ^a,b   Voelker, Gary ^b   Mila, Borja ^c   Girman, Derek J ^a  

^a SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; MIGRATION; PASSERINE; PHYLOGENETICS;

AVES; CATHARUS; PASSERIFORMES; TURDIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037525470     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/auk/120.2.299     Document Type: Article

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