A new species of Akalat (Sheppardia) narrowly endemic in the Eastern Arc of Tanzania

Auk

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-34

  Beresford, Pamela ^a,d   Fjeldså, Jon ^b   Kiure, Jacob ^c  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Consolidated Investment Ltd ^*  (Tanzania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDEMIC SPECIES; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NEW SPECIES; PASSERINE; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

PASSERIFORMES; SHEPPARDIA; SHEPPARDIA AURANTIITHORAX; SHEPPARDIA LOWEI; SHEPPARDIA MONTANA; STIPHRORNIS ERYTHROTHORAX; TURDUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1242333009     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/auk/121.1.23     Document Type: Article

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