The historical biogeography of terrestrial gamebirds (Aves: Galliformes)

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dc.contributor.advisorCrowe, Timothy Men_ZA
dc.contributor.authorVan der Merwe, Vincent Charlen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-04-02T13:55:43Z
dc.date.available2015-04-02T13:55:43Z
dc.date.issued2011en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p.36-44).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractWhilst 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.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationVan der Merwe, V. C. (2011). <i>The historical biogeography of terrestrial gamebirds (Aves: Galliformes)</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12636en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationVan der Merwe, Vincent Charl. <i>"The historical biogeography of terrestrial gamebirds (Aves: Galliformes)."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12636en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationVan der Merwe, V. 2011. The historical biogeography of terrestrial gamebirds (Aves: Galliformes). University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Van der Merwe, Vincent Charl AB - 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. DA - 2011 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2011 T1 - The historical biogeography of terrestrial gamebirds (Aves: Galliformes) TI - The historical biogeography of terrestrial gamebirds (Aves: Galliformes) UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12636 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/12636
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationVan der Merwe VC. The historical biogeography of terrestrial gamebirds (Aves: Galliformes). [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, 2011 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12636en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentPercy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherConservation Biologyen_ZA
dc.titleThe historical biogeography of terrestrial gamebirds (Aves: Galliformes)en_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnameMScen_ZA
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