Fossil passerines from the early Pliocene of Kansas and the evolution of songbirds in North America

Auk

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-95

  Emslie, Steven D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcarius; Early Pliocene; Fossil Passeriformes; Migration; Molecular clocks; Songbird evolution

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE;

KANSAS; MEADE BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CALCARIUS; CALCARIUS LAPPONICUS; CALCARIUS MCCOWNII; CALCARIUS ORNATUS; MYA; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; VERTEBRATA; ZANCLEA;

EID: 33846837550     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2007)124[85:FPFTEP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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