The need for continued scientific collecting; a geographic analysis of Mexican bird specimens

Ibis

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 288-294

  Peterson, A Townsend ^a   Navarro Sigüenza, Adolfo G ^b   Benítez Díaz, Hesiquio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COLLECTING; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

MEXICO;

BUTEOGALLUS URUBITINGA; CARPODACUS MEXICANUS; CATHARUS OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 2642681670     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1998.tb04391.x     Document Type: Article

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