Neumann's Warbler Hemitesia neumanni (Sylvioidea): The sole African member of a Palaeotropic Miocene avifauna

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Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 78-86

  Irestedt, Martin ^a   Gelang, Magnus ^a,b   Sangster, George ^a,b   Olsson, Urban ^c   Ericson, Per G P ^a   Alström, Per ^d  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Africa; Albertine Rift; Asia; Biogeography; Cettiidae; Dispersal; Phylogeny; Vicariance; Warbler

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; COLONIZATION; DISPERSAL; MIOCENE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PASSERINE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION BALANCE; VICARIANCE;

EAST AFRICAN RIFT; WESTERN RIFT;

HEMITESIA NEUMANNI;

EID: 78650082293     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2010.01084.x     Document Type: Article

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