Combining genetic markers and stable isotopes to reveal population connectivity and migration patterns in a neotropical migrant, Wilson's warbler (Wilsonia pusilla)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 819-830

  Clegg, Sonya M ^a,d   Kelly, Jeffrey F ^b,e   Kimura, Mari ^a   Smith, Thomas B ^c,f  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Leapfrog migration; Microsatellites; Neotropical migrants; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CENTRAL AMERICA; DEUTERIUM; EVOLUTION; GENETICS, POPULATION; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SONGBIRDS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AVES; PASSERIFORMES; WILSONIA PUSILLA;

EID: 0012455763     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01757.x     Document Type: Article

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