Phylogeography: Its development and impact in Australo-Papuan ornithology with special reference to paraphyly in Australian birds

Emu

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-23

  Joseph, Leo ^a   Omland, Kevin E ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DATA SET; DIVERGENCE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; ORNITHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TAXONOMY; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EURASIA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; NEW GUINEA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

AVES;

EID: 62249094504     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU08024     Document Type: Review

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