A molecular systematic revision of two historically problematic songbird clades: Aimophila and Pipilo

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 206-216

  DaCosta, Jeffrey M ^a,d   Spellman, Garth M ^a,c   Escalante, Patricia ^b   Klicka, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c BLACK HILLS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLADISTICS; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; SONGBIRD; TAXONOMY;

AIMOPHILA; AIMOPHILA QUINQUESTRIATA; AMMODRAMUS; AMPHISPIZA; ARREMONOPS; ATLAPETES; AVES; EMBERIZINAE; MELOZONE; PASSERI; PIPILO; PIPILO FUSCUS;

EID: 63049124161     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2009.04514.x     Document Type: Article

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