The Taiwan Firecrest (Regulus goodfellowi) belongs to the Goldcrest assemblage (Regulus regulus s. l.): Evidence from mitochondrial DNA and the territorial song of the Regulidae

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 205-220

  Päckert, Martin ^a   Martens, Jochen ^b   Severinghaus, Lucia Liu ^c  

^a SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bioacoustics; Endemic; Molecular phylogeny; Regulus; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ENDEMIC SPECIES; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SONG; TERRITORIALITY;

MYA; REGULIDAE; REGULUS; REGULUS GOODFELLOWI; REGULUS IGNICAPILLUS; REGULUS MADEIRENSIS; REGULUS REGULUS;

EID: 57649177683     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-008-0335-5     Document Type: Article

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