Vicars, tramps and assembly of the New Zealand avifauna: A review of molecular phylogenetic evidence

Ibis

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 226-253

  Trewick, Steven A ^a   Gibb, Gillian C ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Colonization; Dispersal; Migration; Molecular clock; Neoaves; Vicariance; Zealandia

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIOGEOGRAPHY; COLONIZATION; EXTINCTION; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PLEISTOCENE; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TAXONOMY; VICARIANCE;

AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; TINAMIFORMES;

EID: 77952480818     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2010.01018.x     Document Type: Review

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