Rigor and species concepts

Auk

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 887-891

  Zink, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 33746283089     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2006)123[887:RASC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Note

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