Pattern, process, and rigor meet classification

Auk

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 403-413

  Remsen Jr , J V ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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CLASSIFICATION; ORNITHOLOGY;

EID: 18744406749     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2005)122[0403:PPARMC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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