Morphological characters of the tongue skeleton reveal phylogenetic relationships within the Corvidae (Oscines, Passeriformes)

Emu

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 321-330

  Manegold, Albrecht ^a,b  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Apparatus hyobranchialis; Basihyale; Paraglossalia; Urohyale

Indexed keywords

DIETARY SHIFT; DNA; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MORPHOLOGY; PASSERINE; PHYLOGENETICS; SKELETON;

CORVIDA; CORVIDAE; CORVUS; GARRULUS; NUCIFRAGA; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; PERISOREUS; PYRRHOCORAX;

EID: 57649245599     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU08022     Document Type: Article

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