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Fairy-wrens and their relatives (Maluridae) as model organisms in evolutionary ecology: the scientific legacy of Ian Rowley and Eleanor Russell

Katherine L. Buchanan A B D and Andrew Cockburn C
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A School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, Vic. 3216, Australia.

B Editor – Emu: AUSTRAL ORNITHOLOGY.

C Evolution, Ecology and Genetics, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia.

D Corresponding author. Email: kate.buchanan@deakin.edu.au

Emu 113(3) i-vii https://doi.org/10.1071/MUv113n3_ED
Published: 15 August 2013


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