Mitochondrial DNA phylogeography and the conservation of endangered lesser antillean Icterus orioles

Conservation Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1088-1096

  Lovette, Irby J ^a,b   Bermingham, Eldredge ^a   Ricklefs, Robert E ^c  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION; DISTURBANCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

ICTERUS BONANA; ICTERUS DOMINICENSIS; ICTERUS LAUDABILIS; ICTERUS OBERI; ICTERUS ORIOLES;

EID: 0032827315     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1999.98300.x     Document Type: Article

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