A molecular evaluation of the North American "grassland" sparrow clade

Auk

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 537-551

  Klicka, John ^a   Spellman, Garth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emberizidae; Grassland sparrow clade; Mexican endemics; Mitochondrial DNA; Molecular systematics; Oriturus; Sparrows; Xenozpiza

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; CYTOCHROME; GRASSLAND; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; SONGBIRD; TAXONOMY;

NORTH AMERICA;

AMMODRAMUS; AMMODRAMUS SAVANNARUM; AMPHISPIZA; AMPHISPIZA BELLI; AMPHISPIZA BILINEATA; AMPHISPIZA QUINQUESTRIATA; EMBERIZINAE; MELOSPIZA; ORITURUS; ORITURUS SUPERCILIOSUS; PASSERCULUS; PASSERIDAE; POOECETES; POOECETES GRAMINEUS; XENOSPIZA;

EID: 34249055227     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2007)124[537:AMEOTN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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