Molecular advances in the study of geographic variation and speciation in birds

Ornithological Monographs

Volumn 63, Issue , 2007, Pages 18-29

  Baker, Allan J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

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AVES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77951671625     PISSN: 00786594     EISSN: 19412282     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1642/0078-6594(2007)63[18:MAITSO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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