Feeding behavior, toe count, and the phylogenetic relationships among alcedinine kingfishers (Alcedininae)

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 317-326

  Moyle, Robert G ^a,b   Fuchs, Jérôme ^c   Pasquet, Eric ^c   Marks, Ben D ^d  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COLOR MORPH; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE; GENETIC VARIATION; INSECTIVORY; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PISCIVORY; PLUMAGE; TAXONOMY;

ALCEDINIDAE;

EID: 34247846120     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/J.2007.0908-8857.03921.x     Document Type: Article

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