The behaviour of the sea-ducks and its value in the systematics of the tribes Mergini and Somateriini, of the family Anatidae.

The Sea-Ducks (tribes Mergini and Somateriini), stiff-tailed ducks (tribe Oxyurini) and the pochards and scaups (tribe Aythyini), all of which are diving ducks with a lobed hallux, are considered to be polyphyletic, but their systematic affinities are extremely uncertain. Until 1958, the Sea-Ducks w...

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Main Author: Myres, Miles Timothy
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/39767