Subspeciation in the short-tailed Grasswren (Amytornis merrotsyi, Maluridae)

Emu

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 275-282

  Christidis, Les ^a,d   Horton, Philippa ^b   Norman, Janette A ^c,d  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIVERGENCE; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; ISOLATED POPULATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE; RANGE SIZE; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; FLINDERS RANGE; GAWLER CRATON; GAWLER RANGE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

AMYTORNIS; AMYTORNIS MERROTSYI; MALURIDAE; SPINIFEX; TRIODIA;

EID: 57649230106     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU08011     Document Type: Article

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