Pseudopodoces humilis, a misclassified terrestrial tit (Paridae) of the Tibetan Plateau: Evolutionary consequences of shifting adaptive zones

Ibis

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 185-202

  James, Helen F ^a   Ericson, Per G P ^b   Slikas, Beth ^c   Lei, Fu Min ^d   Gill, Frank B ^e   Olson, Storrs L ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^e NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; OSTEOLOGY; PASSERINE;

CHINA;

AVES; CORVIDAE; PARIDAE; PARUS; PARUS MAJOR; PASSERIFORMES; PODOCES; PSEUDOPODOCES; PSEUDOPODOCES HUMILIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0242668683     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1474-919X.2003.00170.x     Document Type: Article

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