Phylogenetics, biogeography and classification of, and character evolution in, gamebirds (Aves: Galliformes): effects of character exclusion, data partitioning and missing data

Cladistics

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 495-532

  Crowe, Timothy M ^a,b   Bowie, Rauri C K ^c   Bloomer, Paulette ^d   Mandiwana, Tshifhiwa G ^a,e   Hedderson, Terry A J ^a   Randi, Ettore ^f   Pereira, Sergio L ^g   Wakeling, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^e Transvaal Museum   (South Africa)

^f Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica   (Italy)

^g DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; GAMEBIRD; GONDWANA; HISTORICAL RECORD; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENETICS;

ANATIDAE; ANSERIFORMES; AVES; CRACIDAE; FRANCOLINUS; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS; MEGAPODIIDAE; NUMIDIDAE; ODONTOPHORIDAE; OREOPHASIS DERBIANUS; PHASIANIDAE; PHASIANINAE; POLYPLECTRON BICALCARATUM; SPONDIAS PURPUREA; TETRAONINAE;

EID: 33845472296     PISSN: 07483007     EISSN: 10960031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2006.00120.x     Document Type: Article

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