New perspectives on the origin and diversification of Africa's forest avifauna

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 235-247

  Fjeldså, Jon ^a   Bowie, Rauri C K ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Avifauna; Biogeography; Endemism; Evolution; Speciation

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; CLADISTICS; DNA; ENDEMISM; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; TERTIARY; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN ARC MOUNTAINS; EASTERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AVES;

EID: 50849096704     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2008.00992.x     Document Type: Review

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