Seasonal changes in the breeding origin of migrating Dunlins (Calidris alpina) as revealed by mitochondrial DNA sequencing

Journal fur Ornithologie

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 319-323

  Tiedemann, Ralph ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Control region; Ecological genetics; Genetic markers; Population allocation

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; GENE SEQUENCING; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POPULATION GENETICS;

BREEDING POPULATION; GENETIC MARKER; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PROVENANCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WADER;

WADDEN SEA;

AVES; CALIDRIS; CALIDRIS ALPINA; CALIDRIS ALPINA ALPINA; CHARADRIIFORMES; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 0033165582     PISSN: 00218375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01651028     Document Type: Article

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