A complete species-level phylogeny of the grackles (Quiscalus spp.), including the extinct slender-billed grackle, inferred from mitochondrial DNA

Condor

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 718-728

  Powell, Alexis F L A ^a   Barker, F Keith ^a   Lanyon, Scott M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Blackbirds; Grackles; Paraphyly; Quiscalus; Species limits; Systematics

Indexed keywords

EUPHAGUS; ICTERIDAE; QUISCALUS; QUISCALUS LUGUBRIS; QUISCALUS MAJOR; QUISCALUS MEXICANUS; QUISCALUS NICARAGUENSIS; QUISCALUS NIGER; QUISCALUS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 67649646420     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2008.8633     Document Type: Article

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