Mitochondrial-DNA evidence shows the Australian Painted Snipe is a full species, Rostratula australis

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Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 185-189

  Baker, Allan J ^a   Pereira, S L ^a   Rogers, Danny I ^b   Elbourne, Rebecca ^a   Hassell, Chris J ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; TAXONOMY; WADER;

AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

MYA; NYCTICRYPHES SEMICOLLARIS; ROSTRATULA; ROSTRATULA BENGHALENSIS;

EID: 34548476499     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU07024     Document Type: Article

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