Avian speciation in the pantepui: The case of the Roraiman Antbird (Percnostola [Schistocichla] "leucostigma" saturata)

Condor

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 327-341

  Braun, Michael J ^a   Isler, Morton L ^b   Isler, Phyllis R ^b   Bates, John M ^c   Robbins, Mark B ^d  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Neotropics; Percnostola; Speciation; Systematics; Tepuis; Thamnophilidae

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLIFORMES; PERCNOSTOLA; THAMNOPHILIDAE;

EID: 18844394525     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/7647     Document Type: Article

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