Species limits within the genus Melanitta, the scoters

British Birds

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 183-201

  Collinson, Martin ^a   Parkin, David T ^b   Knox, Alan G ^c   Sangster, George ^d   Helbig, Andreas J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEW SPECIES; SEABIRD; TAXONOMY;

AVES; MELANITTA; MELANITTA DEGLANDI; MELANITTA FUSCA; MELANITTA NIGRA; MELANITTA PERSPICILLATA;

EID: 33645777471     PISSN: 00070335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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