Species limits in Acrocephalus and Hippolais warblers from the Western Palearctic

British Birds

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 276-299

  Parkin, David T ^a   Collinson, Martin ^b   Helbig, Andreas J ^c   Knox, Alan G ^d   Sangster, George ^e   Svensson, Lars ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PALEARCTIC REGION; PASSERINE; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

ACROCEPHALUS; HIPPOLAIS;

EID: 10444285031     PISSN: 00070335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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