The grebe-flamingo connection: A rebuttal [1]

Auk

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1183-1184

  Storer, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 33750490107     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2006)123[1183:TGCAR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Letter

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