Genetic differentiation, geographic variation and hybridization in gulls of the Larus glaucescens-occidentalis complex

Condor

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 527-546

  Bell, Douglas A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

allozymes; gene flow; genetic differentiation; geographic variation; gulls; hybridization; Larus; morphometrics

Indexed keywords

AVES; LARUS; LARUS GLAUCESCENS; LARUS OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 0029821523     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369566     Document Type: Article

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