Gross morphology betrays phylogeny: the Scrub Warbler Scotocerca inquieta is not a cisticolid

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Gross morphology betrays phylogeny : the Scrub Warbler Scotocerca inquieta is not a cisticolid. / Alström, Per; Fjeldså, Jon; Fregin, Silke; Olsson, Urban.

In: Ibis, Vol. 153, No. 1, 2011, p. 87-97.

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Alström, P, Fjeldså, J, Fregin, S & Olsson, U 2011, 'Gross morphology betrays phylogeny: the Scrub Warbler Scotocerca inquieta is not a cisticolid', Ibis, vol. 153, no. 1, pp. 87-97. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919X.2010.01093.x

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Alström, P., Fjeldså, J., Fregin, S., & Olsson, U. (2011). Gross morphology betrays phylogeny: the Scrub Warbler Scotocerca inquieta is not a cisticolid. Ibis, 153(1), 87-97. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919X.2010.01093.x

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Alström P, Fjeldså J, Fregin S, Olsson U. Gross morphology betrays phylogeny: the Scrub Warbler Scotocerca inquieta is not a cisticolid. Ibis. 2011;153(1):87-97. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919X.2010.01093.x

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Alström, Per ; Fjeldså, Jon ; Fregin, Silke ; Olsson, Urban. / Gross morphology betrays phylogeny : the Scrub Warbler Scotocerca inquieta is not a cisticolid. In: Ibis. 2011 ; Vol. 153, No. 1. pp. 87-97.

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