The osteology and phylogeny of the Hawaiian finch radiation (Fringillidae: Drepanidini), including extinct taxa

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 207-255

  James, Helen F ^a,b,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Comparative anatomy; Evolution; Fossils; Hawaiian honeycreepers; Island biogeography; Morphology; Palaeontology; Passeriformes

Indexed keywords

DREPANIDINAE; FRINGILLIDAE; HAWAIIA; MELAMPROSOPS; OREOMYSTIS MANA; PAROREOMYZA; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 3042591880     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00117.x     Document Type: Article

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