Plumage-based phylogenetic analysis of the Merops bee-eaters

Ibis

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 481-492

  Brent Burt, D ^a,b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b STEPHEN F AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIRD; PHYLOGENETICS; PLUMAGE; TAXONOMY;

APOIDEA; AVES; MEROPIDAE; MEROPOGON; MEROPOGON FORSTENI; MEROPS; MEROPS BOEHMI; MEROPS BREWERI; MEROPS HIRUNDINEUS; MEROPS ORNATUS;

EID: 3142706759     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.2004.00289.x     Document Type: Review

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