Evolution of the Australasian songbird fauna

Emu

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-31

  Christidis, Les ^a   Norman, Janette A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AVIFAUNA; BIOGEOGRAPHY; DNA; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SONGBIRD;

AUSTRALIA;

AVES; CORVOIDEA; PASSERI;

EID: 77649295879     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU09031     Document Type: Article

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