The use of mitochondrial and nuclear sequence data in assessing the taxonomic status of the endangered Uluguru Bush Shrike Malaconotus alius

Ibis

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 717-724

  Fuchs, Jérôme ^a   Fjeldså, Jon ^b   Pasquet, Eric ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; MITOCHONDRION; PASSERINE; PROTEIN; RELATEDNESS; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; ULUGURU MOUNTAINS;

MALACONOTINAE; MALACONOTUS; MALACONOTUS ALIUS;

EID: 33745103904     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.2005.00452.x     Document Type: Article

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