PENGUINS, PETRELS, AND PARSIMONY: DOES CLADISTIC ANALYSIS OF BEHAVIOR REFLECT SEABIRD PHYLOGENY?
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عنوان ژورنال: Evolution
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0014-3820
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1995.tb02332.x