Cranial osteology and taxonomy of albatrosses of genus Diomedea linnaeus, 1758 and Thalassarche reichenbach, 1853 (Procellariiformes: Diomedeidae)

Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 43-61

  Dénes, Francisco V ^a   Silveira, Luís Fábio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Albatross; Cranial osteology; Diomedea; Thalassarche

Indexed keywords

DIOMEDEA; DIOMEDEIDAE; PHOEBETRIA; PROCELLARIIFORMES; THALASSARCHE; THALASSARCHE CAUTA; THALASSARCHE CHLORORHYNCHOS;

EID: 34447498571     PISSN: 00311049     EISSN: 18070205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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