The Auk · 1988 · 382 citations · 15 references
Life SciencesGeneticsZoologyInvertebrate ZoologyMolecular EvolutionOrnithologyBird EcologyBird EvolutionBird SystematicsBird TaxonomyHybridizationTaxonomic ClassificationAvian ClassificationAvian Species ComplexesFamily NamesFamily-group NamesHistorical Taxonomy
Abstract We present a classification of the living birds of the world based on the results of DNA-DNA hybridization studies. Several family-group names are presented formally for the first time; some of these names have appeared earlier in various publications.
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A classification for the birds of the world
Alexander Wetmore · DSpace Repository (Smithsonian) · 1960 · 290 citations
Life Sciences, Biology, Zoology +10
Classification as an Expression of Phylogenetic Relationships
Gareth Nelson · Systematic Zoology · 1973 · 145 citations