Origin of Bannerman's Turaco Tauraco bannermani in relation to historical climate change and the distribution of West African montane forests

Ostrich

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-7

  Njabo, Kevin Y ^a   Sorenson, Michael D ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

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TAURACO BANNERMANI;

EID: 69149107037     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/OSTRICH.2009.80.1.1.759     Document Type: Article

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