Morphological and ancient DNA analyses reveal inaccurate labels on two of Buller's bird specimens

Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 163-169

  Rawlence, N J ^a   Kennedy, M ^a   Waters, J M ^a   Scofield, R P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b CANTERBURY MUSEUM   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Auckland Island; Chatham Island; colensoi; Leucocarbo chalconotus; museum collections; onslowi; shag; Sir Walter Buller; specimen label; Stewart Island

Indexed keywords

BIRD; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; MUSEUM; ORNITHOLOGY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEABIRD; TAXONOMY;

AUCKLAND ISLANDS; CHATHAM ISLANDS; NEW ZEALAND;

AVES;

EID: 84919419198     PISSN: 03036758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03036758.2014.972962     Document Type: Article

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