Tyrant flycatchers coming out in the open: Phylogeny and ecological radiation of Tyrannidae (Aves, Passeriformes)

Zoologica Scripta

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 315-335

  Ohlson, Jan ^a,b   Fjeldså, Jon ^c   Ericson, Per G P ^a  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; HIRUNDINEA; MYA; MYIOBIUS; MYIOPHOBUS; MYIOTRICCUS; NEOPIPO; ONYCHORHYNCHUS; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLLOSCARTES; PYRRHOMYIAS; TACHURIS; TERENOTRICCUS; TYRANNIDAE;

EID: 42149137538     PISSN: 03003256     EISSN: 14636409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00325.x     Document Type: Article

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