Source-sink populations in Mediterranean Blue tits: Evidence using single-locus minisatellite probes

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 965-978

  Dias, P C ^a   Verheyen, G R ^b   Raymond, M ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

Asymmetric gene flow; Parus caeruleus; Population genetics; Population structure

Indexed keywords

PARUS CAERULEUS;

BLUE TIT; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SOURCE-SINK POPULATION;

FRANCE; MEDITERRANEAN;

EID: 0030301057     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.1996.9060965.x     Document Type: Article

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