Molecular Ecology Reveals the Hidden Complexities of the Seychelles Warbler

Advances in the Study of Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue , 2007, Pages 147-187

  Komdeur, Jan ^a   Richardson, David S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 35548987019     PISSN: 00653454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-3454(07)37004-6     Document Type: Review

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