Why are there so Many Kinds of Passerine Birds?
Systematic BiologyPublished 1 June 1986
Robert J. Raikow
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Journal Article Why are there so Many Kinds of Passerine Birds? Get access Robert J. Raikow Robert J. Raikow Department of Biological Sciences, University of PittsburghPittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Systematic Biology, Volume 35, Issue 2, June 1986, Pages 255–259, https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/35.2.255 Published: 01 June 1986 Article history Received: 14 February 1986 Accepted: 30 May 1986 Published: 01 June 1986
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