A taxonomic framework for interpreting evolution within the Amytornis textilismodestus complex of grasswrens

Emu

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 358-363

  Black, Andrew B ^a   Joseph, Leo ^b   Pedler, Lynn P ^c   Carpenter, Graham A ^c  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXTINCTION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MORPHOLOGY; PASSERINE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; TAXONOMY; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

AUSTRALIA; MACDONNELL RANGES; NORTHERN TERRITORY; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

AMYTORNIS; AMYTORNIS TEXTILIS;

EID: 78649609727     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU10045     Document Type: Article

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