Birds in Australian and New Zealand museums—a major resource for ornithology

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 299-315

  Gill, B J ^a  

^a AUCKLAND WAR MEMORIAL MUSEUM   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Australasia; Australia; Bones; Eggs; Fossils; Museum specimens; Natural history collections; New Zealand; South west Pacific; Study skins

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BONE; FOSSIL; MUSEUM; ORNITHOLOGY; SPECIMEN BANK; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

ANATIDAE; ANSERIFORMES; AVES; CHARADRIIFORMES; COLUMBIFORMES; FALCONIFORMES; PALAEOGNATHAE; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; PROCELLARIIFORMES; PSITTACIFORMES;

EID: 33846354159     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2006.9518458     Document Type: Article

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