The forest batis, Batis mixta, is two species: Description of a new, narrowly distributed Batis species in the Eastern Arc biodiversity hotspot

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 578-590

  Fjeldså, Jon ^a   Bowie, Rauri C K ^b,c   Kiure, Jacob ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NONE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Eastern Arc hotspot; Montane biogeography; Paraphyletic species; Phylogeography; Platysteiridae

Indexed keywords

BIRD; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN ARC MOUNTAINS; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

AVES; BATIS CAPENSIS; BATIS MIXTA; PLATYSTEIRIDAE;

EID: 33749534708     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-006-0082-4     Document Type: Article

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