New insights into the systematics of the enigmatic Polynesian sandpipers Aechmorhynchus parvirostris and Prosobonia leucoptera

Ibis

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 756-767

  Cibois, Alice ^a   Dekker, René W R J ^b   Pasquet, Eric ^c   Thibault, Jean Claude ^c,d  

^a MUSÉUM D HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (Switzerland)

^b NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Charadriiformes; Island biogeography; Molecular phylogeny; Polynesia; Scolopacidae

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; DIVERGENCE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EXTINCTION; GENETIC MARKER; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; KINSHIP; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NOMENCLATURE; PHYLOGENY; RELATEDNESS; TAXONOMY; WADER;

POLYNESIA; TUAMOTU ARCHIPELAGO;

ARENARIA (AVES); CALIDRIS; CHARADRIIFORMES; IBIS; PROSOBONIA; PROSOBONIA LEUCOPTERA; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 84866455960     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2012.01260.x     Document Type: Article

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