Molecular population genetics, phylogeography, and conservation biology of the mottled duck (Anas fulvigula)

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 87-102

  McCracken, Kevin G ^a,c   Johnson, William P ^b   Sheldon, Frederick H ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Anas fulvigula; Anatidae; Incomplete lineage sorting; Mottled duck; Paraphyly

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009058805     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011858312115     Document Type: Article

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