The diversity and biogeography of koa-finches (Drepanidini:Rhodacanthis), with descriptions of two new species

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 527-541

  James, Helen F ^a   Olson, Storrs L ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acacia koa; Character displacement; Evolutionary rates; Extinction; Fossils; Hawaiian honeycreepers; Hawaiian Islands; Island biogeography; Quaternary; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; ACACIA KOA; DREPANIDINAE; RHODACANTHIS; RHODACANTHIS FLAVICEPS; RHODACANTHIS PALMERI;

EID: 27744447470     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00173.x     Document Type: Article

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