A multi-gene phylogeny disentangles the chat-flycatcher complex (Aves: Muscicapidae)

Zoologica Scripta

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 213-224

  Zuccon, Dario ^a   Ericson, Per G P ^a  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALETHE; AVES; BRACHYPTERYX; BRADORNIS INFUSCATUS; CERCOMELA; CHAIMARRORNIS; CICHLADUSA; COPSYCHUS; COSSYPHA; ENICURUS; ERITHACUS; FICEDULA; LUSCINIA; MONTICOLA; MUSCICAPA; MUSCICAPIDAE; MYIOPHONUS; MYRMECOCICHLA; OENANTHE (AVES); PHOENICURUS; POGONOCICHLA; RHYACORNIS; SAXICOLA; SHEPPARDIA; STIPHRORNIS; STIPHRORNIS ERYTHROTHORAX; TARSIGER; THAMNOLAEA; TURDIDAE;

EID: 77953157793     PISSN: 03003256     EISSN: 14636409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2010.00423.x     Document Type: Article

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