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The historical biogeography of terrestrial gamebirds (Aves: Galliformes)

Includes bibliographical references (p.36-44).

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Main Author: Van der Merwe, Vincent Charl
Other Authors: Crowe, Timothy M
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology 2015
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spelling oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/12636 The historical biogeography of terrestrial gamebirds (Aves: Galliformes) Van der Merwe, Vincent Charl Crowe, Timothy M Conservation Biology Includes bibliographical references (p.36-44). Whilst the phylogenetic relations of gamebirds are now well understood, there is a great lack of consensus on their biogeographical relationships. It has been suggested that the basal galliform clades, namely the megapodes from Australasia and the cracids from South and Central America, have their origins in the northern hemisphere and have colonised the southern hemisphere more recently. Those in favour of a Northern Hemisphere origin suggest that stem galliforms originated only after the Cretaceous-Tertiary mass extinction event. 2015-04-02T13:55:43Z 2015-04-02T13:55:43Z 2011 Master Thesis Masters MSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12636 eng application/pdf Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology Faculty of Science University of Cape Town
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The historical biogeography of terrestrial gamebirds (Aves: Galliformes)
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title The historical biogeography of terrestrial gamebirds (Aves: Galliformes)
title_full The historical biogeography of terrestrial gamebirds (Aves: Galliformes)
title_fullStr The historical biogeography of terrestrial gamebirds (Aves: Galliformes)
title_full_unstemmed The historical biogeography of terrestrial gamebirds (Aves: Galliformes)
title_short The historical biogeography of terrestrial gamebirds (Aves: Galliformes)
title_sort historical biogeography of terrestrial gamebirds aves galliformes
topic Conservation Biology
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