Morphological adaptation with no mitochondrial DNA differentiation in the coastal plain swamp sparrow

Auk

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 706-712

  Greenberg, Russell ^a   Cordero, Pedro J ^b,d   Droege, Sam ^c   Fleischer, Robert C ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYPSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; MORPHOLOGY; PASSERINE; TIDAL MARSH;

MELOSPIZA GEORGIANA;

EID: 0031847494     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089418     Document Type: Article

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