A multi-gene phylogeny reveals novel relationships for aberrant genera of Australo-Papuan core Corvoidea and polyphyly of the Pachycephalidae and Psophodidae (Aves: Passeriformes)

Janette A Norman; Per GP Ericson; Knud A Jonsson; Jon Fjeldsa; Les Christidis

Journal article

A multi-gene phylogeny reveals novel relationships for aberrant genera of Australo-Papuan core Corvoidea and polyphyly of the Pachycephalidae and Psophodidae (Aves: Passeriformes)

Janette A Norman, Per GP Ericson, Knud A Jonsson, Jon Fjeldsa, Les Christidis

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution | ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE | Published : 2009

DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.03.019

University of Melbourne Researchers

Les Christidis Author BioSciences

Grants

Awarded by Swedish Research Council

Funding Acknowledgements

We thank V. White, M. Irestedt and D. Zuccon for laboratory assistance; W.E. Bales for editorial comments; and three anonymous reviewers for helpful comments on earlier versions of the manuscript. For the loan of tissue samples we thank the Auckland Museum (New Zealand), Australian National Wildlife Collection (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia) and South Australian Museum (Australia). This research was supported by Swedish Research Council Grant No. 2007-5280 to P.G.P. Ericson.