A nuclear DNA phylogeny and proposed taxonomic revision of African greenbuls (Aves, Passeriformes, Pycnonotidae)

Zoologica Scripta

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 417-427

  Johansson, Ulf S ^a,b   Fjeldså, Jon ^c   Lokugalappatti, L G Sampath ^a   Bowie, Rauri C K ^a,d  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROPADUS; ANDROPADUS GRACILIROSTRIS; ANDROPADUS IMPORTUNUS; AVES; BAEOPOGON; CALYPTOCICHLA SERINA; CHLOROCICHLA; IXONOTUS; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLLASTREPHUS; PYCNONOTIDAE; PYCNONOTUS; THESCELOCICHLA;

EID: 34548506987     PISSN: 03003256     EISSN: 14636409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2007.00290.x     Document Type: Article

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