Relationships of the New Guinean songbird genera Amalocichla and Pachycare based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 640-645

  Norman, Janette A ^a,b   Boles, Walter E ^c   Christidis, Les ^b,c  

^a Mus Victoria   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Australian Mus   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; SONGBIRD; TAXONOMY;

AMALOCICHLA; CRATEROSCELIS; PACHYCARE; PACHYCEPHALIDAE; PARDALOTIDAE; PASSERI; PETROICIDAE;

EID: 72249084118     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2009.04722.x     Document Type: Article

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