Stingrays, parasites, and neotropical biogeography: A closer look at Brooks et al.'s hypotheses concerning the origins of neotropical freshwater rays (Potamotrygonidae)

Systematic Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 218-230

  Lovejoy, Nathan R ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DASYATIDAE; POTAMOTRYGONIDAE;

EID: 0039970532     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/46.1.218     Document Type: Article

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