Evolutionary Ecology: A new time tree reveals Earth history's imprint on the evolution of modern birds

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Volumn 1, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Claramunt, Santiago ^a   Cracraft, Joel ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

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DNA SEQUENCES; FORESTRY; TECTONICS;

ANTARCTICA; AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY; GLOBAL COOLING; MOST RECENT COMMON ANCESTORS; OLD WORLDS; SOUTH AMERICA;

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EID: 85042023743     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23752548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1501005     Document Type: Article

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